The subscription price is probably a little more expensive than if you were to outright purchase every new release. But you don't have to cough up $600 or what

The subscription price is probably a little more expensive than if you were to outright purchase every new release. But you don't have to cough up $600 or whatever to buy it initially either. If you're a professional designer and must have the industry standard tools, this doesn't seem like a nightmare scenario to me to pay $19/month for Photoshop.