Hi,
I do not really think that it is great that people are trying to get older versions to work on Catalina.
If they don't wish to spent money on upgrades, the alternative is that the user switches to another virtualisation product.
Maybe good for the user, less ideal for VMware as that user is less likely to come back.
So yes it certainly isn't great to use an older VMware Fusion product that has a number of known security vulnerabilities.
Perhaps a subscription model could help a bit there, although I think it would mostly benefit the business users.
Personally I think that those are the users who already don't mind paying for the upgrades.
The home/private users however are IMO not such a great match for a subscription model. Of course it depends on a number of factors, such as what the actual price would be.
I do however think that we would still have people on the non subscription model 8 years from now, with basically the same old questions.
FWIW as a user I'm _not_ a fan of subscriptions. As a company selling those subscriptions it is another story.
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Wil
