I think that, in some sense, this represents an unavoidable consequence of Adobe's "rental only"[1] system of selling their software. While the ability to rent can be a good thing for some users, many people (including businesses), don't want to pay an <i>effectively infinite</i> cost for software.<p>Now, I'm not advocating piracy here -- the best thing that could happen is that a competing company crops up and knocks down Adobe using good old fashioned competition.<p>[1]: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/photoshop-cc-modest-upgrades-shackled-to-terrible-rental-model/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/photos...</a>
Apparently this article has been removed after it was published. (And quite sloppy too, because Firefox is detecting a infinite redirect loop after you click the link)