The unholy ritual where a perfectly fine one-time purchase software gets sacrificed to the subscription gods, forcing companies to pay monthly for what used to be theirs forever. Symptoms include sudden charges, constant "Pro Version" pop-ups, and an existential crisis over whether you really need another $9.99/mo service to rotate PDFs.
The in-house solution was working perfectly, so naturally the managers opted for SaaSification of the program
by wordgodlyness March 06, 2025