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Adobe is predatory. I bought a subscription to Adobe Premier four months ago. After using it a little, I found Davinci Resolve (it's free) and decided it was just as capable for my needs. Upon trying to cancel Adobe, it offered me 3 more months at a good price and I thought, well, maybe I could still use it for some other things. But that didn't turn out to be true or necessary. I went to cancel today at the end of the 3 months and it said I would have to pay $94 for cancelation. I guess the fine print was too fine for my 49-year-old eyes or I wouldn't have signed up for that 3-month extension. I got on live chat with their AI, figured out how to get a real person, and began negotiating. They tried to sell me a lower cancelation fee. No. I don't want any fee. They tried to sell me other products at a lower price. I didn't need any other products. Finally, I used a little reverse psychology and said "Fine, I'll keep it. You win, I guess. Just tell me when I can cancel something I'm not using and won't be using and without being punished with a fee."

Apparently, that unlocked something in the Indian guy's call flow script and he offered to waive the fee. Just needed a moment to converse with his manager and get approval. That's 20 minutes of my life and billable time I'll never get back.

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  • 14
    Post this interaction on Reddit and make them pay for this bullshit. This is beyond fucked up.
  • 3
    And I thought Autodesk were a pos:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/...
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    they always were; definitely one of the reasons i don't like adobe. Their tools are pretty decent, their licensing is horrifying.

    If they would have done it properly i might have actually learned photoshop, illustrator and some other tools, but instead i went to Gimp and Inkscape, because it was just less bullshit to deal with, especially after they had the brilliant idea with that creative cloud or whatever it's called. Pirated premiere, and figured that other tools (later davinci resolve) are just as good aswell.

    No thanks adobe, you as a company suck ass.
  • 2
    Have you ever tried cancelling something from Amazon? They have the same strategy, tiring you out until you just say fuck you, I'll just keep paying the $10 per month because it's less painful.
  • 2
    @devdiddydog haven't done that yet. I did have a vendor try to steal a %20 restocking fee from me for something I returned the day I received it. Amazon said: "hell no" and refunded the difference. Then went after the shitty seller.
  • 2
    I don’t think I’ve ever heard a single good thing about them.
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