What do you want to spend your money on ? ...
Spend the money on something more useful; more/better lenses, accessories or even just funding trips to interesting places to photograph.
Beginners just don't need Photoshop, in fact most advanced photographers don't need Photoshop, they're just used to it.
+1 one more
Totally agree.
I also hate greedy companies that have already made their millions, and then on top of it wanting to lock me into a a RENTAL program that limits my usage. We already rent the phone line for communication. We rent cable lines or satelite feeds for "News/BS" and entertainment. The financial system has already designed obsolesence of cars to less than 10 years, and many people lease. What else are we going to rent? How much resources do we have to use up recycle, and abuse before we realize its meaningless.
You can say "Its only x$" a week, or month all you want. For me its bad for our future, and its bad business.
If you want to help it, you need help. If you don't like it you should be proactive.(although not much activity is required, just don't CC)
I use CS5 with no need to upgrade, although I probably will regardless(to CS6).