I realize I found this topic late, but want to put my word in. I will be sticking with my perpetual license. My company, which is only me, is very dependent on being able to work, and the uncertainty of the business and with everything that the year 2020 had to offer in terms of lost income, I can't gamble on a subscription.

I see people comparing Autodesk with Adobe, but with the massive difference in cost I can't really see how that's a relevant point. Also, the difference in cost between maintenance and subscription is ridiculous, and for what? What are Autodesk putting up as a reason for drastically raising the prices? I can't see anything. (Yes, I know, there's the discount, but I'd like to think I'll still be around in seven years.)

I have invested a lot of time and money in my Maya pipeline and plugins, and I really love Maya, but I feel that Autodesk have put me in a choke hold which forces me to lean more towards exchanging Maya for another software when I can no longer use my perpetual license.