They did. They offered standalone licenses and subscriptions for an entire version's lifecycle and 97% (or something crazy high like that) of the people who downloaded went for the subscription. I've been a standalone user since v3 and finally upgraded after realizing that buying a license for Windows, Mac, and Linux would cost me more over 3 years than just paying the subscription.
Let me tell you, as someone who used 1password since 3.x .. when I went to buy 7.x standalone it took me over an hour to find the page that let me buy standalone over three sessions.
Why did 97% buy the subscription? Because they hid the other version in a locked filing cabinet in a basement with a broken staircase.
No, they didn't. Subscriptions happened when version 6 came out and that's the time period they're referring to when they're talking about those stats. There was literally 2 giant boxes of equal size asking if you wanted to use an account or a standalone vault. 97% of people chose the subscription.
