People are usually focused on how the payment model changed, but in fact, the products themselves have changed as well. Cloud storage and synchronizing data across multiple devices are now the norm, which incur continuous costs. And I think this is not something that's shoved into the customers' throat. Synchronization is indeed a valuable feature for many users.

Some of the subscriptions are certainly silly, like subscription for car features.

At least in the world of computers, I don't find too many products which are unjustifiably subscription-based. Subscriptions are usually paired with some form of synchronization/storage. And if you don't want cloud storage (or if you have your own cloud external to the application, or if you want to self host), there are usually non-subscription or even free options. Bitwarden, libreoffice, gimp, inkscape, etc.

So, I'd say as someone who's not currently into car purchase, I'm relatively content with the subscription models in the tech world. The services I subscribe to really do need continuous maintenance, and I've never been forced to subscribe to something that I think should not have been a subscription.

Adobe, though, has never been affordable to hobbyists in my opinion. Now, at least you can use it for a month and turn off the subscription.