Troporobo Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Now this is interesting. It would be fantastic to see the first dent in the ever expanding subscription economy! However I doubt it will lead to much more than a fine. Feds Sue Adobe for 'Trapping' Customers in Long, Expensive Subscriptions The U.S. government sued Adobe on Monday for allegedly “trapping” customers in its default, most lucrative subscription plan. In a complaint, the Department of Justice (DOJ) writes that Adobe locks customers into a year-long agreement that’s not effectively disclosed as such, and “ambushing” users with hefty hidden fees when they try to cancel. Adobe lawsuit article 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humu9679 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I'm sad to see Adobe doing this. Their software is second to none. That said, some of these subscriptions are very difficult to escape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ross Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Good to see, their behavior has been really bad. For example they held off from providing a fix to the running the program on high resolution monitors in CS6 blaming Microsoft for not updating their APIs and didn't fix it till the subscription model came out. Turns out a simple registry fix made the software usable on such monitors. I still use CS6, though on my latest laptop with Win11 getting the software to activate has proved a challenge, so I'm trying affinity photo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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