Good job ditching DSC!
The whole subscription model of service has really taken off in the past five or so years. It produces more consistent revenues, probably makes companies more money, and probably costs consumers more than they realize. Adobe, Microsoft, Audible, etc. DSC may be a small player, but they are living off those subscriptions. I mean, a service is a service, but everyone wants your $$$.
I too jumped on board the safety razor craze. I didn't think it was a craze, but then how do I explain how I first found out about it? You have to be careful because big retail stores (aka wally world) caught on and try to hock razors for much more than you can find online. I stopped shaving my full face years ago and just trim my neck and the sides of my face, so my razors could probably last another decade at the rate I'm going. I also bought a cheap straight razor I haven't used in awhile that has disposable razors. I think a 100 pack was like $6 or so. It takes a bit more skill, hence why I haven't used it in awhile.
So yeah, I'm a big fan of the safety razor, you just have to watch out for people trying to milk that industry. It's easy to spend a ton of money going super fancy, but you definitely don't have to. Also, if you want to feel some angst, do some research on how smart the actual Gillette guy was for realizing that straight razors were too good and wouldn't make him enough money. He basically invented the disposable razor to keep the profits rolling. This was the early years of planned obsolescence. The modern counterpart is the subscription model.
(another slick marketing tactic: when each guy in my high school turned 18, Gillette sent him a free razor handle and two blades. This makes great business sense because then a guy has to go out out and drop $20 for another pack of blades. Genius, but kind of evil, IMO).