Are Adobe about to abandon hard copy updates for photoshop?

The rumours are spreading like wildfire. Are adobe about to abandon the updating of Photoshop software by 'hard copy single payment' to a monthly subscription based update?

Well I guess I’m coming at this from using Photoshop for 17 years… and thinking long term.
IF I switch over to the Cloud and IF Adobe does not raise the subscription fee… In ten years I will have paid Adobe $2300 for privilege of using Photoshop. Then I retire, then my income drops 60%... then I have ten years worth of work that I can no longer afford to open as an editable PSD file…
From a company that developed and promoted DNG… it seems oddly unfriendly to the archival access of personal projects to allow full access via subscription only. Most users feel Photoshop is a tool, not a service. The current Creative Cloud model says Adobe feels differently.
And I am not anti-cloud by any means. I just feel the proposed license model is not very considerate of many consumers… especially the mid-tier or hobiest user.
But… Photoshop Beginners Forum is not the place for this chat.

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Because apparently it is programmed deep, deep into Adobe's DNA that they cannot possibly manage to come up with a straightforward, clean, and logical installation process. It is demonstrably beyond what's possible for Adobe. I say that based on years and years of dealing with their byzantine, buggy, and bloated installers. The Cloud was supposed to magically make things better.
I also now have two versions of After Effects, Audition, Flash, Illustrator, Media Encoder, Muse, and Photoshop residing on my computer.
Why?
Well, because the Creative Cloud installer didn't really "update" the current software...it just installed new versions next to the old ones.
Why?
Beats the hell out of me. But I'm pretty sure if I expend my time to contact Adobe's support folks I will be told to go through some process of manually removing each copy of the old software. They won't know why the "upgrade" process worked this way, and they won't care. They'll just cheerfully advise me to waste my time cleaning up Adobe's mess. Again.
Looking forward to the day I no longer need to use Adobe products.
Are you listening, Apple?

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Adobe - Photoshop : For Macintosh
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Use a DVD burning program:
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Look for Photoshop CC (2014) in your Creative Cloud application, and press the [ Update ] button next to it (which is in itself more confusing).
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Might be helpful if there are any more specific messages being shown to list them.
Just passing on what I've read: Some people using PCs have reported that removing Photoshop, reinstalling from their original media, then updating to the very latest works where they haven't been able to get the software updated via the integrated process. I don't know whether this applies to Mac, but it could represent something to try if you run out of options.
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http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Macintosh
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steenmikkelsen wrote:
Are there any magazines with articles and tips for Photoshop - English language
I can think of about 10! And then there are all the digital photography magazines too.
But what's wrong with starting here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshop/
(Save the forests!)

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