It seems that that is the inevitable progression in the AV industry.
You start with a good product that is efficient and not resource-hogging. And it's free.
It gains momentum until such a point that it starts hobbling its free version and encouraging you, nicely at first, to fork over for the Premium version.
Then the MBAs take control, the product ends up going full Frankenstein and not only takes over your PC but also hassles you into paying ever more for additional "functionality" you don't give flying one about.
Then the next free version of something else pops up and you're on the next treadmill.
It's almost as if there was an AI behind all this . . .
Biting the hand that feeds IT
