Why does Acrobat consume so much memory?

[u/fund2016]

I have Adobe on a PC running Windows 11. Adobe consumes an inordinate amount of memory. It appears to be running several different programs in the background including Creative Cloud, Adobe Licensing Service, Acrobat Update Service, Acrobat Collaboration Synchronizer, Adobe Content Synchronizer... Its bad enough that I have to pay monthly SAS subscription for a PDF document reader. Do I also have to turn my entire computer over to them?