Shareware experience of the past: Oh hey this shareware is pretty cool and solves my issue. I'm gonna pay the $15 for a lifetime long license to get access to the full set of optional but cool features.
Shareware experience of the now: This app that's basically a containerized web page possibly does what I need, but most of the features are disabled and there are injected ads. I better sign up for the developer's patreon and pay them a monthly fee to disable the ads and get access to the features that may do what I need. But first I need to get on their discord and politely message them and then wait for three days for them to get around to activating my account.