Petrell: My 3 lisence Office 2010 cost me 50€ and I can use it indefinately. No way I would pay more than 5€ per year per computer for subscription. And my laptop only has internet when at home or at my parents so it should not require constant internet connection.
BoxOfSnoo: 5 euro per year is a fair price to you? That's... oh my.
Right now Windows 7 or 8.1 is something like $120 or so. For a single OEM version. $10 per MONTH, if you want to pay it off in a single year. You think 42 cents euro per month is fair for that amount of code? If so, I don't think there's a software company on the planet that actually wants you as a customer.
Don't worry, I get the sentiment. I won't get Spotify because I judge $10/month is too expensive for me. (I do happily spend on Netflix, though). Maybe Windows isn't worth anything to you and you could easily switch to Linux. I encourage that! But that's just not a reasonable or sustainable price.
Why should I pay MORE for subscription than I pay for software bought from store? I've used Office 2010 (as I said it's 3 lisence box) for 2-3 years now and expect to use it for 3-5 years more, all for 50 € (as for Offices before it, I used Office 97 for 6 years and Office XP for 7 years. That office XP is still in use actually on my parents computer so it's been used for total of 11 years now)). So paying 5€ per computer per year is actually generous of me as at that price subscription over same period would cost me from 75 to 120 €. I can't even image digital software or service I would pay 10$/€ per month for (well maybe GOG if it ment I get to download all games in catalog while subscribed. I might even use Netflix if it allowed me to download everything DRM-free. :-p).
My only subscribed software currently in use is F-Secure Internet Security. I paid 99€ for 42 month subscription (3 year with 6 months extra) usable on 3 computers simultaneously so it's ~0,79€ a month per computer or 9.43€ per year.
