Because we the people don’t think, the “rental software market” is alive and well. When PC’s started, you purchased a product for them, and updates were included, until the next great remodeled version came out. If I get it, the “rental market” means you pay annual fee, and all the updates/upgrades are included. Quicken does this for 50 a year. I personally hate the rental market, and buy a complete license for software if I need the product, if it can be had. Nero is prime example, you can by complete license, or pay a cheap fee for one year subscription. I do not update software but every three years, and then sometimes not for 5-7 years. Why upgrade if the thing works fine the way it is.
The rental market is a money maker, if this MSFS evolves into that, I will leave the platform for ever. So I won’t pay for fixes/updates, which should be released, because the current state of the sim is so poorly implemented. Many “CORE” areas of the platform are just broken, and Asobo/MS have decided that fluff updates, are more important than getting core issues resolved.
If they choose to make me pay for it, I am gone. I have setup a Linux system on a USB drive, and if MS gets to greedy, I can and will leave windows period and move there, the software I need is available in that software package to work productively as needed, so I cannot play games, the world will not end.