They do it not because they want to but because they have no choice. The UX on those software are horrible by modern standards and incur massive wastes of manhours.
Had a subscription model been used, those software might have benefited from 30 years worth of usability updates...or they might still be garbage, looking at SAP.
Had a subscription model been used, those software might have benefited from 30 years worth of usability updates...or they might still be garbage, looking at SAP.