Subscriptions, in theory, are fine AFTER THE FIRST YEAR. It is stupid to pay full price for a product and not get ANY updates/upgrades (let alone support) for it for the first year without ALSO buying the subscription. Personally, I don't care for subscriptions, as I am usually happy with a product for several versions (most "new features" are little more than hash marks on the wheels just to make last year's model look obsolete). However, important updates and support shouldn't be part of any ADDITIONAL subscription when you're buying the product; it should be part of the purchase price. Period.

Why would I need the media kit? Ever heard of backups? Useful things, those. No, burning my own doesn't count because burned discs have shelf lives MUCH shorter than pressed discs; nature of the beast.

I really really miss the days of the No-Nonsense License Agreement and the No-Nonsense Development Tool Company.