[doublerebel]

You're preaching to the choir. I've been involved in professional graphic design for over a decade. The vast majority of professionals get a better deal using Adobe CC.

As consumers we don't have any right to demand software at whatever price point we want.

Only non-professionals have a hard time justifying the low monthly price. For them there are plenty of other competitive options. No one is forcing you to buy Photoshop -- use one of the other tools available.

As software developers we should all be able to understand: pay the price for the professional software, or if you think you can do it better, write a competitor.