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Because of the main advantages of SaaS: recurring payments and data lock-in.

Adobe achieves that with desktop apps, if you can call it an achievement.

Sadly I am not Adobe

Achievement is a big word here. They had to shove it down people's throats with a bloated, buggy, and expensive app suite.

Yes although people still put their hand in their pocket every month so they must be getting some value from it.