I think they know that certain people _need_ Photoshop, there are some alternatives that are reportedly pretty good for Mac, I have no experience with those, no

I think they know that certain people _need_ Photoshop, there are some alternatives that are reportedly pretty good for Mac, I have no experience with those, nothing on Linux/FOSS really compares, and they've found a way to milk as much money with as little effort as possible. Back in the CS days, if we had something equivalent to CS 6.5 these days, I could justify spending £400 on it for the whole suite (other than the fact I don't run Windows and I don't think they support Linux), but there is no such option.