The question of using iPad and the cloud for all of your photo processing seems stubbornly to linger…
https://www.fastcompany.com/90202142/adobe-is-bringing-real-photoshop-to-the-ipad-possibly-in-2019
If Adobe brings PSCC to the iPad, then the combo of the big companies wanting you on their iCloud and the iNet speed evolution from the G4 Snail to the G5 Rabbit will probably complete the transition.
I care because I want to continue to use features that are uniquely Topaz into the future.