I'll stand with you against software subscriptions, but I won't for service subscriptions that incur a constant expense to support my requirements. Like Dropbox, for example; I expect them to charge me regularly to provide my storage and 24x7 access to it. I also get monthly bills from Azure and AWS for the resources I use. Heck, I don't have solar panels, so I also pay the utility company for my electricity.
I think 1Password considers themselves to be a service offering, especially since they've dropped local vaults completely. The applications they provide are various ways to access their service and they give them away for free. You're not required to use them. You might write your own client application following some API instructions they provide on their website. You can also get at your vaults with just a browser.
I'm disappointed they moved to a service offering, but I don't stand against service offerings in general. If I can't afford a service or think it's charging too much for the value it's offering, then I won't use it.
you are correct, amid my typing I included services unintentionally. Services can't be 1 time payment, but ongoing cost. I guess I meant after sale services like expecting to have updates for the app for the foreseeable future and support like answering customer questions. There is an app called CrossOver that they only sell the current offering with no updates, if they release a new update after 3 weeks you have to rebuy the app.
update: just checked they changed to $50/12 month support or their old offering $500 for lifetime. You have to rebuy(subscribe) $50 yearly for the continous updates which amounts to $4/month