I have been doing away with some of my subscriptions, including Adobe's suite, for instance. I find that I can do plenty with the open source or other free versions. Fortunately, I did the rent-to-own for the 2024 version of Home Designer Pro and did receive the 2025 version at no cost. So, that was nice. I do understand the frustration with believing a new perpetual version will be coming out, only to find out it won't, as some are experiencing.
But regarding the subscription, this isn't software that I need. In fact, unlike some of the Adobe applications I ultimately cancelled, I barely even use the much more niche Home Designer Pro. I, of course, have no idea the number of customers who use Home Designer Pro professionally, but I'm sure there are at least some. But for existing customers like me, who aren't in the business of designing homes, the only reason I would consider the subscription on an on-going basis would be if it's similar to the same price as upgrading once a year. Otherwise, if it's much higher, then this software, given my usage and the pretty underwhelming number of updates to justify even it's current yearly price, just isn't worth subscribing to as a non-professional, casual user of Home Designer Pro. But, even if the price is attractive, so many of these companies love to keep raising the price that I'm sure I'll be a Home Designer Pro 2025 user until the year 2125, at the earliest.
