Adobe was not passive. With each CC update, they introduced countermeasures:
Adobe had fully transitioned to its Creative Cloud (CC) model, abandoning perpetual licenses. Mac users running macOS Sierra (10.12) and early versions of High Sierra (10.13) faced increasing online checks. Adobe’s validation system was becoming more aggressive, using multiple daemons (ACC, Adobe Desktop Service, CoreSync) to verify subscriptions. Adobe Zii Patcher 4.5.0 for macOS
It is often described as a "one-click" solution where users can simply click a "Patch" button or drag-and-drop specific apps into the tool to activate them. Adobe was not passive