I don't know. I used to make money off of Photoshop and was happy to pay the up-front fee. It's no longer a money-maker for me, but I still have and use CS5. I

I don't know. I used to make money off of Photoshop and was happy to pay the up-front fee. It's no longer a money-maker for me, but I still have and use CS5. I think it's been something like 5 or 6 years and I haven't needed any of the new features since then. If I were still making money at it, then yeah, it might be worth it. But it's nice to know that if cashflow gets tight, I don't have to keep paying a fee. I can stay at the version I have now and continue to do the same work (and continue to be able to open my own goddamn files!) without paying anyone. Being stuck with a product that won't work if I'm offline for 30 days (say I'm on assignment is a 3rd world country. What then?), or if my connection goes down or their company folds, or their server is attacked at a time that's critical for my business, is unacceptable.