# Foundry3 is not available

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundry3-is-not-available/45553 "2024-12-09T11:39:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/foundry3-is-not-available/45553/5 "2025-11-05T06:56:51Z")

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Elements is not a subscription model (Realmac should really change that wording on their website - it’s confusing @dan).

What Elements is, is a one-off purchase including 12 months of updates. If you desire more updates, you’ll need to purchase another year of updates for a fee. This goes on ad infinitum, until you decide to stop paying.

**If you don’t pay for the/another extra year, Elements will continue to work perfectly fine.** You just won’t get the latest features.

Think of it as “extended warranty”.

This is different to how, say, Microsoft 365 or Adobe Creative Ripoff Cloud works - those products actually do stop working if you stop paying, and are therefor true subscriptions.

Cheers,  
Erwin

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