... worry about monthly bills adding up, especially for early tools that might not be part of my everyday stack yet , but show a lot of potential. Plus, as a user, it creates this weirdly satisfying feeling of ownership. Like Yep, this is mine now. Of course, I get why subscriptions exist too, they help keep products sustainable and support ongoing development and as a founder myself, in most cases I would prefer using subscriptions, because it is more predictable. Curious ...