Software companies started his crap. Yearly subscription costs for virus software and then on to regular applications software like Office 365.
I would never buy a car where you had to rent the heating and AC already built into it. I’ll bet you almost anything that if you did ‘rent’ it and the AC compressor went out they sure as hell wouldn’t cover it in warranty after the initial time/miles warranty ran out.
And if they weren’t able to suck more money out of people’s wallets, they’d never consider implementing all this chaotic bull sh*t. It’s all about greed $$.