I think the “good” people at Abode are very happy with us believing we have no choice and that the future is subscription only for all software.
I don’t believe that.
I ditched Master Suite CS6 for Davinci Resolve, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Master PDF Editor Pro and Microsoft Publisher.
Adobe are better in some cases but not all. Davinci is better than Premiere IMO but in other cases I can deal with a few “shortcomings” to break free from Shantanu Narayen and his “vision”.
Adobe has bought some great software over the years to make a solid suite but they are not immune to falling from grace.
Quark was number one for years but look what happened to them.
Think about this:
Quark
Blackberry
Finale Cut
At one point they were all untouchable.