I can't speak to having any direct experience with CC.  But I do think it's wise to be cautious when approaching subscription services like this.  The fact is that more and more it's all going to add up and you can only swing so many subs before it nickle and dimes you to death.  Then if you stop paying versus purchasing right out, then that whole sub money actually went towards nothing, it's not like it was investing in paying the price off.  I do have softwares that you get X amount of time of free updates once you purchase or you get updates through version X, but I have no issue with it and it allows  you to evaluation if the new features of the new version are worth continuing to invest in it - but with those, you can use what you have paid for.  Personally, I just find it all kind of "schemey" but if it works for you, then great!

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