sharke
IPeople are accepting the subscription model cautiously and gingerly. I think they generally like it, but only for large things (like a full DAW, an entire range of plugins or a photography processing suite). People are becoming weary of adding all these little "extras" to their monthly outgoings unless there's a good reason for them.
This is the problem with the 'rent everything' model that seems to be so popular. You only have so much money, and if you rent everything, you have to continue to rent everything to keep anything. Both my Jeeps - paid for. 10 and 20 years old, runs good and don't have to worry if I miss a rent payment it goes away - I have no rent payment. Money I could be spending on renting a newer Jeep is instead going to purchase (not rent) other things I enjoy - things I could rent or purchase if I was still renting a Jeep. When people finally realize that they have wasted all this money on things, can't expand their horizons with new things (as they have to keep paying on the old essentials) and ultimately have nothing to show for it, hopefully things will change.
One last thought - if renting is so good - why does the guy who is renting stuff to you own that stuff? Who is really making out better?