One, I agree with curteye, that eventually there won’t be a choice. Unless people vote with their wallet, which they won’t, because… well there it is.
Two, the people comparing the current model with a subscription model is not correct, IMO. It depends on a number of factors, but the primary difference is that my credit card would be at the sellers disposal, and another account on which to maintain the keys to our banks. This enables them to come up with schemes that normally would not be feasible. Imagine for example, paying per patch. This not only keeps the door open to your dollars, but it opens one to your pennies as well. 
And then the banks start charging you for each transaction, and it goes on…
It is not so much a physical thing as a psychological thing. If you disagree, then consider why is everything moving this way? If there is no inherent difference, then why the change?