I wish there was a permanent license in addition to a subscription one.

It's just that lack of license and requirement of having to pay for AI in addition to novelcrafter makes subscription model less appealing.

And honestly having permanent license will also make it less likely for people to switch when other alternatives pop up.

I understand that servers cost to maintain, so you could even make that permanent license only works with local/offline version of novelcrafter when you finally finish it.