They don't want our files. They just want to rent software to us. If we buy software, we only pay once. If we rent, we pay yearly.
I got caught when an accounting program went from purchase to rent. The purchase price was cheap but after a few years they decided rent was better. The yearly rent was almost as much as the purchase price. When I didn't rent, they "quit supporting" the software and it was pretty much useless.
Imagine the money they can make if every program on your computer has to be rented - operating system, firewall, anti-virus, browser, email, photo-shop, movie player, music player, etc.
Now, I'm a believer in open source. If it doesn't run on Ubuntu, I will live without it.
