examples of things that you physically have but can't use due to it being tied to a subscription model (real or imagined)

Like my Chromebook

Off-topic, but I've had scanners and digital drawing tablets get bricked because Mac OS gets updated and leaves those appliances in the dust.

For a second here I genuinely thought they were going to make you pay a subscription fee to use any colours at all in photoshop:

Fun times ahead for #Adobe designers. Today, if you open a PSD (even one that's 20 years old) with an obscure PANTONE colour, it will remove the colour and make it black. Pantone want US$21/month for access, and Solid Coated goes behind the paywall in early November. pic.twitter.com/BUxzViYFaQ

— Iain Anderson (@funwithstuff) October 28, 2022

It's still a shitty move but slightly less ridiculous than what my brain conjured up.

Still desperately clinging onto my CS6 suite for as long as humanly possible.

^^^