"total ripoff to hobbyists who want to use their Creative Suite a couple times a year"
Evidently these are not their target market - do you really need a product like the whole CS for such simple, occasional tasks? There are other cheaper, or even free tools available. What's wrong with Serif software, or Gimp?
Do you use an eighteen-wheeler to go on vacation a couple times a year, and complain about the costs? Or do you feel "diminished" if you don't use the software the "Pro" use? Or it's simple greed, you want high-end professional software but you don't want to pay for it?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
