Why is it difficult to get a straight answer on future price increases for the PS CC $9.99 offer

I own CS6 and am happy with it. I have been a PS user since the second version so I have extensive experience with updates and the value I seek. I am an advanced amateur so this is a hobby, not a profit source and Adobe needs to consider us. No one wants to buy a product that can continue to increase in price indefinetly after they already own one or can find substitues. The curret offer is more expensive than upgrading every other time (or when there is a great new feature   ) as I normally do. Taking into consideration that the current base pricing for new contracts for PS CC is $20 per month forever it is much more expensive and rise to even more unreasonable heights.
Adobe should freeze the pricing for the $9.99 offer for 5 years (or commit to limit increases to a nominal amount) and consider this approach a steady annuity and as a way to secure existing hobbyists.  They have created a great deal of ill witth thier move to CC without a any real benefit to the customers.

Noel you make somevery  good points.
We never knew what the price of the next upgrade for the perpeual license was to be but if we did not upgrade our cameras then we had perfectly working software, Adobe of course tried to force the issue when issuing new versions of Raw (and excluding previous versions of PS) to many people's annoyance.But that is the Adobe we know....
They could certainly commit to freezing the price as much as we could commit not to buy in on CC or in past not to buy into an upgrade if the new features were not that great. They needed to delight us into giving them our cash.Sadly I don't think they have realloy ever felt that way and although they have  innovated within the program and its interface are strating to show it's years (it is more like  Windows than any cool app) and DSLR photography is headed in the same  direction as Kodak. I am a skilled user and recomend it to anyone wanting to improve their work but I love it enough to konw its limitations.
We can cancel as you siggest but we are left with nothing with CC.  I still own and can use PS6 if I don't like their new deal which is worse for them than getting a steady stream of tens for a known timeframe. It is one way of looking at it and maybe not their cup of tea but I think they should consider it.
Not many people take the time to master PS and among the kids I know not many think they need to go past their phone and a coulple of apps. Maybe we are all heading in that direction.

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    There are also apps that allow you to transfer files to the iPad and use that app to then view them. These apps also let you set up folders (or virtual folders) on your iPad. You can then view any files in the folders as you would from Windows. Since text files are universally viewable, they'd be available to your iPad this way. However, this method only allows you to view the text file. It can't do anything else but view the thing. So if you need to do things with the text files after opening them, then the database option seems the only one for you if you want to go the iPad route.
    Hope that's somewhat helpful and straightforward. Good luck. Definitely check it out thoroughly first before investing in the iPad, though.

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