Just as a counter point, when the first CS subscription came out it allowed me to use Photoshop and Illustrator legally for $30 or so for a month at a time on an as-needed basis (I didn’t always need it), when the alternative was to pay like $1k up front (I don’t remember exactly). As a bootstrapped and low income person at the time this made it possible for me to access the software when I otherwise couldn’t have. So, it’s not exclusively a bad thing.