Deep-down I wonder how big a deal this is at Apple. As someone who's sensibility aligns with Apple's approach to design and software architecture (e.g., I strongly believe the Magic Mouse charging port on the bottom is the the right decision), and I use Adobe products heavily: I don't mind the price, and I don't mind the subscription.
But I despise, deeply, from the bottom of my soul, that Adobe Creative Cloud runs a background process on my machine, even when the applications aren't running. That is an affront.
There are days I wonder if the entire reason for the locked-down iOS App Store and Mac app sandboxing is purely just to try and figure out some approach to software distribution that never lets Adobe run an invisible background process on their hardware ever again.