Storyline 3 End of Life???

This has been a huge blind spot for all software manufacturers who have willingly stampeded to the subscription-based model of software delivery AND CONTROL. There was a time when I would buy a physical box with CD-ROM media inside of it (or a small battery of floppy discs, for those of you old enough to remember them), install the software on a single computer, and use it until the software manufacturer released a new version, which I could either decide to purchase and install, or NOT purchase, continuing to use the version I had.

The problem with the subscription-based model is perfectly illustrated by your example Chris. I won't ask what industry you're in; those who have to work with an air gapped computer are in highly-sensitive industries and those computers must be absolutely secure. I've worked in industries where removable media has been disabled (to the point where the floppy and CD drives were ripped out), all external (including USB, serial, and parallel) ports disabled in BIOS (which itself was locked behind a "need to know" secure password), and air gapped medical devices.

I also will be very interested to read Articulate's response, as this issue is not something that can simply be glossed over or ignored. Cybersecurity is forcing more and more of us to work in environments which will require software manufacturers like Articulate to justify EVERY. SINGLE. PHONE-HOME. EVENT. An inadequate, or worse, dismissive, response will mean lost sales permanently, to the entire enterprise. We are already to the point where local administrative privileges to the PC are being restricted to those who absolutely need them, and even those folks are being scrutinized. It's only a matter of time.