What this misses is that Creative Cloud is much more than a bundle of apps. It includes everything you need around the apps for pro workflows (i.e. fonts, AI, stock, collaboration, etc...).
Basically, there has always been a strong bias and structural constraints toward US / elite views.
I think the core question is why trust has gotten particularly bad over the last decade (I have some ideas, including one side particularly trying to weaken trust in it).
More info here:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html