So you clearly didn't read what you were purchasing. As a (previous) Adobe CC subscriber, this was clear to me when I purchased (that I'd be paying for at least

So you clearly didn't read what you were purchasing. As a (previous) Adobe CC subscriber, this was clear to me when I purchased (that I'd be paying for at least a year). That's really on you. When it comes to subscriptions I have mixed feelings. Like if you agree to pay for a year (for example) then (IMHO) you should do that. On the flipside, much like the model for gym memberships, companies can make it incredibly difficult to cancel a subscription. They deserve to be punished for this. Newspapers and magazines do this too. I realize a certain percentage of people will keep paying and not use the service (which is the ideal customer for a gym) but, for me, it means there are many things I will never buy because I don't want to deal with this (eg subscriptions to The Atlantic or the New Yorker). Other comments here allude to Adobe's bad behaviour beyond the initial year (eg not allowing you go to month-to-month). I have no sympathy for Adobe here, particularly when they seem to be in breach of local laws by doing so. To me the gold standard for subscription services is Jetbrains. The cost per year goes down over time and when you cancel you retain a version forever. I personally prefer the subscription model for software compared to the previous large sticker prices for Adobe Photoshop. Outright purchases create bad incentives for companies (eg shortening the lifecycle such that bugfixes and minor features are only available via a paid upgrade to the next version). Subscriptions have a cheaper initial outlay (making them much more accessible) and they mean your software gets continually updated without version fragmentation. Unfortunately companies also decide that a "reasonable" price for a subscription is the retail price in one year. It's not. So anyway in your case, you are technically in breach of your purchase agreement and Adobe would be well within its rights to chase you for the full amount via disputing a chargeback, through your bank or CC provider or even through small claims court.