abonnement = subscription (in french)
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I would have to agree - no contributors really like subscriptions. They benefit the agencies much more than us.
But unfortunately they seem to have become a fact of life. Not really any way to avoid them, except going exclusive with istock, whose subscription plan is more equitable.
I have been happy to see the way contributors have banded together to at least force the agencies to give us better returns on the subscription rates than were originally proposed.