Unfortunately just about everything is going to subscription only. I do use Autodesk software for my engineering side of business as it does provide value by running computations on their servers . All the other stuff I used has been able to be replaced with open source software. Except Excel which I have to use for legacy data.
I started by punching cards, in machine language, to run on a mainframe.
And evolved - Fortran, PCs, Dos .. . The Win’s . ..
We used to know what the computer was doing, and the most efficient way to do a task.
Now it is lucky to get some output, and feel blessed if it looks close.
Computers were to be our ‘slaves’ to make work easier.
Now, they want to command my life.