well, hell. i shoulda known adobe would find a way to kill my old suite.

[Jirel]

3. This is an absolute nope.

Like the OP, I keep a machine that runs CS6. I absolutely will never buy any product that comes with a subscription. I bought Affinity Photo, which I run on my other machines. For a 1-time price if $49, I paid less for a 100% Photoshop clone that I’d pay for a month subscription with Adobe. Adobe can take a flying leap. They’re thieves, always have been. The only reason I still keep one copy of CS6 running, is that every so often I miss the interface - Affinity is super similar, but just so slightly different that I sometimes feel jarred when I reach for a tool. They also make a clone of Illustrator and InDesign, both absolutely equivalent without the thievery.