Chris White offers his humble opinion:

 

Well as a professional photographer I have been using Photoshop for many years and had a 2 year stint as a digital retoucher, so I'm well aware of the power of the program. To be honest I have never upgraded every time a new version was released. I found that most new features would have problems that would be ironed out in later releases and also many new features were aimed at designers rather than photographers. With Adobe now adopting a monthly subscription approach it does mean that you will always be up to date, but prevents you from having the choice of whether you feel the new features are worth you dipping into your pocket for.For creative professionals it will certainly be a must before long, and spreading the cost will be attractive from a bookkeeping point of view. For me the fact the CC package will gain access to the whole creative suite software package is an appeal; at least I can take advantage of using the other Adobe software's I would usually over look concentrating on keeping my PS version to a level I was happy with.

 

For amateur/home users this new set-up will be more off putting. It is unclear if Adobe intend on continuing their Photoshop Elements software aimed at this market. But I have found that most 'amateurs' go for the full version anyway. But will someone who just wants to do a bit of retouching to their snaps really want to have access to Dreamweaver or In Design? I think not!

 

You can probably tell I haven't signed up for this service (yet) so am not trying to review the software itself, more the concept of a monthly subscription. As photography is my livelihood I have to admit that tailoring the purchasing of software in favor of professionals is a good thing. In the past (the good old day's of film), people would have little choice than to entrust developing of their photographs to an expert. Perhaps this move by Adobe will once again strengthen the position of the photographer. I'm not saying we should have a monopoly over the consumer (however I would say Adobe do have a strong hold themselves), but as someone who has dedicated my career to photography it can be pretty annoying when someone says, "well I've got Photoshop on my computer, why should I pay you do retouch my photos?"

 

In conclusion I'm sure I'll subscribe sooner rather than later and hope by doing so it will help me maintain my business. If I was not a professional however I would seriously want to find an alternative. Who knows, perhaps some other company will fill the void created and Adobe might not retain the dominance in photo-editing it currently has.Here is someone else's review of the actual software, so you can decide for yourself: http://www.creativebloq.com/adobe/hands-review-adobe-photoshop-cc-6133277