I worked for an authorized Autodesk dealer, back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This was when they attempted to move all of their loyal CAD software customers, to a new subscription model. (They saw Microsoft making the move to subscription, with Microsoft Office products) The average customer at that time, would outright purchase a single CAD product about every 4 years, for each computer they owned; and upgrade their old software. They had hard copies on the shelf, for every computer they owned.
The new subscription model was attractive the first year; because you received a large menu of different software titles, for less than the cost of a single title. But.... 12 months later, the subscription expired, and most of the time the customer had simply forgotten that they no longer owned any of their new software. I hated selling those subscriptions to customers. I want to own my stuff.
I've seen this all before, first hand.