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> and then pirate the software to top it all off.

Why would you think that though? I'm pretty sure software piracy is less common on Linux than on Windows.

I don't know why the parent comment was flagged dead, but I was typing this reply when it happened:

I'm willing to pay, but I rarely use it, so the price I'm willing to pay has to reflect that, and Adobe is not going to come down that low.

So I will continue to keep an old Windows laptop around with the sole purpose to run Adobe CS6 the maybe 8 times a year when I need it.

Of course it is. Because the software people want to pirate isn't available on Linux for all the reasons parent commenter outlined.

Well, there's at least a bit of evidence from past that linux users are more likely to spend money on software than windows or osx. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/linux-users-pay-more-hum...