Lightroom: Why two different applications?

As if LR plus PS was not enough for some people, now we have to do comparisons between two confusingly named apps, with the "classic" one of the two sounding like it is going out of the window after some more version releases. Last time I checked if I could upload my stuff to cloud storage I found out that I need weeks and that at the same time I could hardly use my connection. Living in NYC or SF might not pose an Internet speed issue but many of us cannot use the new LR CC, even if we wanted to.

My personal opinion is that Adobe should develop cloud storage as an option in a single LR product line, so that people can gradually get to use the new features and do thing smartly. This is obviously not the case. I am sure Adobe will put its weight behind the new CC because obviously charging for cloud space is more profitable.

I think however that it is risking losing many of its current followers. I am not taking any decisions without thinking thinks over and doing comparisons, I have to say however that new software that is currently working as LR/PS plugins will soon be able to do editing and cataloging, much like Adobe software is doing now. And there will probably be migration tools as well.

With the work I am currently doing there is no way I am putting up with the exclusive cloud storage Adobe proposes, it simply cannot work. I am definitely keeping my options open and have some hope that Adobe will come to its senses before it is to late.