I still have old software on my computer that i paid for once and used for years. it looks ancient, but it opens. no renewal screen. no credits counter. AI video feels like the opposite. the moment a tool adds cloud generation, the editor and the compute get bundled into one monthly bill. i get why compute costs money. something as small as turning a still into a short motion asset in DomoAI still lives behind a meter. But i dont need that meter running every day. i still need the editor, old projects, and exports when im not generating anything. thats the part that stings. cancel the cloud features and somehow the ordinary software disappears too. I would rather buy the local editor once, then pay separately when i need generation. software i own. compute i rent. Maybe perpetual licenses only worked because the expensive work happened on our own machines. still, it feels like we went from buying creative tools to renting a moving set of buttons. Are one-time licenses basically dead once video software adds AI? submitted by /u/No_Independent3751
Originally posted by u/No_Independent3751 on r/ArtificialInteligence