Adobe Products Not functioning on New Macbook Pro

I just spent thousands of dollars on a new Macbook Pro and none of my Adobe software works efficiently. A friend just told me I have to pay for Creative Cloud now - Given I've spent a ton of money on Adobe Creative Suite already I'm hoping there is a way around this, otherwise I would have bought a cheap PC...If Adobe is going to do this you would think you'd get either a refund or credit for all the money you previously paid for a hard copy of their software. My Photoshop and Illustrator programs quit unexpectedly all the time, or won't save files (I get an error that says "Could not complete your request at this time")...Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated - I do not want to pay monthly for the rest of my life to use software I already bought...If this is the case, it is a total scam...

Thanks,

Andrea