I am definitely anti subscription based. I had just bought CS6 and it is honestly a PITA software. Consistently getting error codes when opening the software. Never had that issue when I would pirate it.
every release, especially since the cs series, has had a new learning curve over the last. i quit at cs4. adobe ruined macromedia (though i hated dreamweaver, i loved fireworks) and seems determined to kill off their own products.