I was a professional graphic designer for over 20 years and have used Adobe software since day one. When InDesign came out in 1999, I was the first in the door of management, petitioning the design department to change to InDesign from Quark Xpress. Lack of competition had made Quark arrogant, their costs increasing, their service decreasing. We all fled to InDesign as soon as it came out, we all couldn't wait to get away from Quark, they stopped treating us well and they lost our loyalty. Adobe is now doing the same thing. After 20 years of being a dedicated Adobe customer, I canceled my subscription to Creative Suite. I used InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. Continuing to use those programs now is prohibitively expensive. $635 every year. In only four years that's over $2500. In just six short years I'll have paid out almost $4000. And that's if they don't raise the subscription rates. I am now semi-retired. I would like to continue creating art. I have personal work I want to create, a few local charities for whom I create work, and maybe even an occasional paid job. I'm broken-hearted that after 20 years I now have to give up what I have spent my entire career learning because I can no longer use these programs without an expensive ongoing subscription. I understand there is a cost to software, I don't expect to have the programs for free. But surely there should be a model that would support small freelancers, and people such as myself. Most designers use InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop and then also Acrobat to make their PDFs. Couldn't there be a bundle for us? Couldn't there be an option to lower our cost if we agree to fewer or no updates? ... View more