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Got a code for the Adobe suite which made it the same price as the student package so i could use PS for a tiny project and to dick around a little bit: mostly to see what has changed since CS5. Project was done in 2 weeks and I didn't open PS again for months, letting my subscription lapse too. Well if your subscription lapses Adobe deletes all of it's apps from your machine with no fucking notice. Pretty fucked when you are out in the sticks with shit internet and limited bandwidth, not to mention the ethical shitfuckery of it. So I tried to cancel my subscription, but because the deal i got using the discount thingy there is no button to cancel like there normally is and tech support tell you that you can BUY OUT OF YOUR CONTRACT by paying ~60% of the yearly cost upfront. I told them to fuck themselves and 30 mins later had the subscription canceled.
Am I the only one that sees anything wrong with all this??

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  • 5
    I'll just say this.

    I've never had to deal with that fuckery and I've never had to pay for Adobe.

    Do what you will with this information.
  • 2
    And this is why you read the fine print.
    Dick move by them, but knowing Adobe it's in the fine print.
  • 1
    That's what software as subscription service is.

    Theory: with ongoing subscription income, a company can improve the software continuously.

    Reality: the subscription is used to keep your data hostage. Since you have to pay anyway just to keep the status quo, there is no incentive to improve the software.
  • 1
    SaaS should be regulated so that it's illegal to make your software a service or charge a subscription if the core functionality does not have recurring costs.

    I don't care about 20GB creative cloud storage. Adobe does not provide me with running water or electricity, why tf is it a subscription.
  • 1
    Closed source software is excellent blackmail material. And a key design element of our economy is that companies will make profit by any means possible.
  • 0
    @sariel There's a first (and last!) time for everything...
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