Please forgive ahead of time my comments -
Adobe can cram it with their forced new scheme of on line stuff. I prefer to pay for my software, use it when I want, skip a month if need be and then some. This entire on line and cloud stuff is way over rated and a cash box for Adobe.
In my estimates, the right thing they should have done is left it as a choice rather than force us to make the move so to speak for future upgrades (Photoshop). I guess CS6 will be my last purchase from Adobe.
Aperture, Pixelmator, Corel's products in a virtual and GIMP are looking better and better each day.
Just so you know, you can skip a month or two or however many you want with the cloud. You just pay more per month of use. With traditional software, that's just wasted investment if you plan to upgrade to the next version on release.
And it's even more of a cash box for Adobe than you probably imagine because it's and easy way to go legit rather than pirating it, and many people have stopped pirating and started paying. It's also an easy way to get freelancers up and running, and downsize when you don't need freelancers around.
I get the hatred of the system, but it works for me and it's cheaper (especially in up front capital) so I'm not complaining.