I don’t really mind the subscription thing since most of my tools already do that anyways or they have yearly paid major upgrades which is almost the same thing in terms of cash flow. The plus edition seems perfect for my needs at least when it comes to mobile stuff. Not sure how to continue with desktop things now though. I was planning to use Unreal when they announced the earlier prices which had worse tiers but now with the recent changes I’m not sure. I dislike royalties and I assume the cost of having my accountant reporting detailed platform specific data quarterly would cost (4x 1-2h fee) over half of the plus tier annual fee alone.
Hmm… have to follow how things go.