Is the Cloud Digital Racketeering?

Firstly I expect Adobe to remove this post almost immediately and it will be a shame if they do.. why?... well this is a conversation adobe needs to hear
As a long time user of Adobe products I am appaulled by the following...
to date a number of features adobe announced with the cloud have still not come to fruition. This is misleading and makes many of us feel uncomfortable venturing into the cloud
Adobe promised that it would have a solution to the problem of files being held hostage by a subscription model... to date we havent heard anything.... Adobe is not communcating
with its customer base about this so we can only presume the worse. The answer to files being held hostage is really some sort of perpetual licence.. Adobe may bury its head in the sand but this is the only answer
As I browse the forums I see continual problems with the cloud.. espcially relating to licencing...clearly the whole monthly rental system wasnt worked out enough...
The pricing disparity between various countries has still not be addressed... Users in Brazil were paying $95 per month.... a bad omen...Adobe is pricing not on what its product is worth but how much it can gouge from customers.... this is really not encouraging
There a still a number of countries who do not have access to the cloud.... in my country I have access but also have to pay a team licence????
There is no satisfactory way for people who live in areas using Dial up to access the cloud (more than you think)
the list goes on.... most disappointing is the user feedback about support.... I have read hundreds of post were people who pay good money to use the cloud are calling into centres where the help they receive is clearly substandard..
So I have to ask the Question do you feel the cloud is just digital Racketeering? Adobe Listen up

this is worse than mobileme, and that was awful

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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
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