Adobe has a monopoly and doesn't care about the product, only finding better ways to get more people to send them money for what they have made.
Although I fear this is just another angle on the Cloud debate...I will respond as a long time Adobe product user.
.Adobe advances and technologies have ramped up my companies capability and subsequent profit streams.... far, far, far more than the products now costs me. I believe that I pay less for the products than I did 5-10 years ago.
ie. Work that I had to out source is now done in house and largely by myself. Color, Audio, Graphics, F.X, Broadcast outputs, Non broadcast out puts, Web, Document production, Print and Press out puts, Web Design and Authoring.......
Gone are the days of $10k - $20k+ post production bills from other companies. That allows me to pass some of the savings on, retain some of them...and get more work based on cost effective pricing to clients.
My problem with Adobe is that they made such advances..they have democratised the professional creative process and anyone can do it! We have been found out.