"Looking ahead to when CS6 will no longer work, Adobe's rapacious CC pricing seems to be creating opportunities for others"
That is precisely why Serif's Affinity software is doing so well these days. They've gone for those disenchanted Adobe customers who resent paying a monthly e̶x̶t̶o̶r̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ rent and who still want to pay a one cost for their software.