Planning to do more hiking in next few years, are there special deals on Gaia Premium that I should wait for?

Actually right now it's showing me $43/year which seems decent, but I see people talking about a five-year or lifetime thing. Do those deals still exist?

I also see people saying that Gaia has gotten worse since acquisition by Outside. I've only started using it (free) in past couple of months, and although I have notes (and confusion), it looks impressively capable. But since I'm starting new with a hiking map/GPS system, is there a different one that people are moving to?