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This might be problematic. Photoshop works for a lot of us because it is a stand alone application.

Curious to see what kind of lag issues will occur on a cloud based solution. As mentioned above, it seems more like an anti-piracy issue solution.

While Photoshop is the standard, several other applications exist that do a good job as well. They might lose market share over this move.

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This is not photoshop in a browser. It still runs locally, your files are saved locally, etc. The only real difference is the monthly pricing instead of having to purchase the software upfront. (There are some additional cloud features for saving your files in the cloud if you want but you can ignore those)

Think of it like you are forced to rent a car forever instead of buying it. You still get to drive the car, but can never own it outright.

Yes, and the car you rent is continuously upgraded to the newest model, and for one price you get a whole range of cars, and the total cost of ownership over a few years is cheaper than buying them.

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