Creative Cloud - why I think it is a huge blunder on Adobe's part

Question

One may congratulate Adobe for one-sidedly deciding what is best for its customers and ignoring the majority of its users. My records of giving money to Adobe stretch back at least to 2007, but CC is something I will not pay for, out of principle.
And therein lies the danger for Adobe: former users who look for alternatives. They will give competing products a try, i.e. pay Adobe's competitors. Some will be happy even if only out of spite, some will regret it, but will nevertheless pay the competitors, who will use the revenue to improve their products.
Users will become familiar with alternatives, and the next time someone Googles how do I do this or that, there will be links to solutions using other products. Adobe's CC product line will become marginalized for use by fewer professionals, with less entry level artices and tutorials, and more cryptic questions and solutions.  The consumer market around the products (books etc.) will shrink if not collapse. This will be very similar to the book economy of Delphi that collapsed with price increases and product margialization.
I found the early announcements by Adobe peculiar in that their developers' enthusiasm was mentioned. That really sounded like manegerial corporate lingo stemming from a starkly contrasted truth: that concerned developers saw their jobs at risk (another Delphi World historic analogy). Why would CS be abandoned? Surely, cost reuction at the expense of developer positions would be very atractive. These developers will probably find their way to competitors and/or use their talents and experience to advance free open source alternatives.
All giants eventually fall. Sadly, it looks like it's Adobe's turn next.

Answer 1

Time will tell concerning the Creative Cloud mirage, Adobe's marketing spin machine inevitably will not however even until the bitter end regardless.