That said there are no guarantees they won't raise prices.

Yup. You just want to argue and decided you'll be doing it at me for whatever reason. This is literally on my first comment that you replied to.

You convinced yourself I'm advocating for subscription as The Future, rather than just conceding one point on economic grounds. Meanwhile in this thread you could find me arguing that DRM-free backups is the only true guaranteed way to own digital media.