a gradual reduction in service usually means a sidelining of the product...

updates to pro+ 10 in the year
updates to 'other' 2 a year

at that rate it is not going to be too long before pro+ is way ahead in features, and the 'other' versions trailing way behind, so far behind that they will just, well, languish in the shadows...

[ https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...197#post629197 ]

I do not know for sure if it was always Xara's intention to finesse a subscription model this way, but it is no real surprise is it...