Pixelmator is great and integrates well with Apple's tooling for batch processing.

For video, the free version of DavinciResolve goes a very long way, and their Studio is a single-payment-life-time license.

DaVinci Resolve also runs on Linux, so you won't be locked to staying on MacOS if you want to switch OSes but maintain your skillset.

The only "...for now" event I have seen in last 20 years of Apple software is iWorks and Mac OS X become free.

...and they integrated some of the Aperture to new Photos app, which is again was a transition to free.

Name me something a product, not a service which you can only subscribe in Apple's ecosystem.

Logic Pro in iPad is subscription only.

They didn’t take away a one-time purchase option for it though. It just never existed to begin with so the op’s point remains.

> Name me something a product, not a service which you can only subscribe in Apple's ecosystem.

The shows on Apple TV are only available via a subscription; there's no way to have a perpetual purchase (at least as far as that a la carte style of purchase is perpetual).

They specifically said “not a service” and you brought up a service.

I would argue a season or episode of television is a product, and Apple TV gates them behind a subscription.

I used to buy the season passes so I could return to shows later; that's not an option for ATV stuff.