Adobe stopped offering the CS line of products in 2014. From all the leftover traces of archived information that can be found online today, I've read that the CS collection cost ~$2700.
Let's say they didn't go subscription only.
I can only speak for myself, but if I started saving up for the Adobe CS suite circa 2013-2014 when I got my first tablet (Cintiq 12WX), ~$30 a month, I would've been able to afford Adobe CS by the end of 2021.
But no! With Adobe's new wonderful "plan", one has to pay $35 a month till the end of their days! :( And people are saying this new option is fucking cheaper. Ridiculous. Stockholm syndrome much?
"But, with the subscription model you get the latest version!"
Yeah, except each upgrade adobe comes out with is actually a downgrade in terms of bugs, stability, functionality, you name it.
UPDATE
I made a meme edit. ;) @shenanigansen