Mike, as a SketchUp Sage, you seem to be missing a lot here, hopefully you’re not intentionally being ignorant?
- The annual subscription is virtually 250% the cost of the historical annual M&S.
- Once you’re in the subscription model, you’re locked in, stop paying (for whatever reason) and you will not be able work on or use your old work from that point on (keep in mind this is for a commercial environment).
- In the long run subscription is a lot more expensive, do a cost analysis of the subscription costs versus perpetual licence plus M&S - not looking so good in the long run, is it? Subscription (10 year) = $2990 (excluding any annual increases); Perpetual (10 year) = $1775 (excluding any annual increases). Subscription (5 year) = $1495 (excluding any annual increases); Perpetual (5 year) = $1175 (excluding any annual increases). So unless you have no plan to use SketchUp beyond a few short years, you’re worse off on the subscription licence.
I know all the extra carrots the subscription offers will be held up next. Take a look at the thread Matt Donley (Master SketchUp) started with the votes of how many people actually use those features, yes I know the sample group is small but it is rather telling.