Can the Creative Cloud Mac app stop requiring dedicated graphics?

I use Creative Cloud on my MacBookPro6,2, which has the ability to switch between dedicated (GeForce GT 330M) and integrated graphics as needed. Using the gfxCardStatus app, I can see whether the dedicated card is in use, and by which apps/processes. This is very useful when operating away from AC power, because I can see "Transmit is triggering the dedicated graphics card even though I'm not doing anything on FTP right now; I'll quit Transmit". I'm also running OS X 10.9 Mavericks, which gives me the "Apps Using Significant Energy" list in my battery menu.
I've noticed that the Creative Cloud menubar app – as in the app that puts an icon in my menubar and lets me see my installed apps, install new ones, see available CC fonts, etc. – always requires the dedicated graphics card, even when only the icon is visible (aka I haven't actually clicked the icon to reveal the popup app yet). For probably this very reason (triggering the dedicated card), CC is nearly constantly in my Apps Using Significant Energy list.
Again, I'm referring to the CC menubar/management app, not an actual CC app like Photoshop or Illustrator.
Ideally the CC app wouldn't use anything that triggered the dedicated graphics, since it's just a management app/utility. But if people wants their eye candy, and that eye candy triggers the dedicated card, so be it. But at least it should notify the OS when the app is not visible, because just an icon in the menubar shouldn't require the dedicated card to be active.
Please consider the impact that an always-on app like the CC menubar app has on our still-limited laptop resources!
Cheers.

Same problem here, and it makes me HATE Creative Cloud sometimes. Battery drains more than twice as fast, and often I don't notice it until I see the battery icon turn red. Please Adobe, FIX THIS! It's completely stupid for this minimal app to trigger the dedicated graphics card.

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