When did it become a monthly sub? I would buy it in a heart beat if it was like $60 for just photoshop and illustrator. Even dumbed down versions would be alright, I just hate not being able to do anything remotely professional looking on paint.net or some other stuff free versions.
When they moved from CS6 to Creative Cloud to combat piracy.
Since I was able to learn about 80% of all Photoshop's features when I was my Photo class in high school, I couldn't possibly use any other program. It's such a powerful tool and I love it.