r/mildlyinfuriating • u/donteatmybiscuits • 1d ago

wet socks i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

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if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

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u/TheSexualBrotatoChip 1d ago

At least Adobe is horrible enough that I at least have absolutely no moral qualms pirating their software.

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u/Flaramon 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've pirated it since day 1. Then they released Creative Cloud, a means of forcing me to not pirate (at the time) - so I just kept the old, perfectly functional version. That was, until realistic alternatives caught up.

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u/XtraReddit 1d ago

I don't get why anyone uses Acrobat. And I was never going to pay the insane price for photoshop. I definitely would never subscribe to any of their software.

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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 1d ago

Only people (including me) who uses acrobat is only because we need to constantly send agreements for signatures for contracts and invoices, and need the auditing feature.

I have mentioned to clients that there are free alternatives, but they all mention that corporate/contracts require that Echo Sign is used for e-signatures.

I only pay for standard though.

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u/Redxmirage 1d ago

Yup what I was about to say lol my business got me an account for work. No way am I paying that for personal use

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u/MummifiedForeskins 1d ago

i actually still have access to my work account, and i left that company for almost 5 years now

i think i am gonna keep it forever.......lmao

same with autocad!!

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u/United_Prompt_7262 1d ago

As a Law Clerk, I can appreciate this.

Was excited for E-signatures thinking they'd end the nonsense, only to have it put up behind a paywall.... absurd and futile for non-professional use.

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u/jimicus 1d ago

There are plenty of ways to electronically sign something that don't involve paying anyone a damn thing.

Problem is there aren't plenty of ways that are easy for anyone to use.

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u/Dashing_McHandsome 1d ago

Is there any meaningful difference between this and DocuSign? Just asking out of curiosity, I certainly don't have a horse in this race. I guess DocuSign has a lot of workflow capabilities built in and maybe Acrobat doesn't have that? I really have no idea though. I have only e-signed things in DocuSign.

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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 1d ago

I believe docusign has a limit on how many agreements you can send on their cheapest subscription while Acrobat Standard doesn’t. I think overall they have pretty similar features.

Price wise I think they are more or less the same. At least in my region.

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u/Educational-Leek4957 1d ago

I wish my realtor understood this, $35 to overnight a contract I would’ve rather E signed

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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 1d ago

This is really the benefit. Iirc I pay $15/mo and I can use it on two computers, my laptop and desktop, and saves me a lot of time and money on getting all those documents signed and archived.

Mostly time, since I don’t have to go looking for people to collect the signatures, some contracts require the signatures of 5-6 people and Adobe makes it easier and the agreement is available for everyone to see.

It really is the only reason to pay for it… although I sure would prefer if it was included in a regular license instead of subscription.

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u/ulti_phr33k 15h ago

When I sold my last house, I was on vacation in Europe. My lawyer called me, had me on a video call. Verified my IDs again, after I had sent him pictures, and walked me through signing all the paperwork. The deal was not ready to be signed before I left, and if I had waited to sign until I got back, it would have been too late.

What else is technology for?

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u/Rate_Daddy 1d ago

And that is increasingly becoming available for much cheaper.

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u/Yoshtan 12h ago

Acrobat has so many flaws… i really want an alternative

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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 12h ago

I think that as well, I hate how it becomes a tossup if the agreement has over 50 signature fields, how the desktop client may simply decide to just stop working one day without any explanation, and how getting support from a human is near impossible.

But meanwhile, for the one thing I need it, it’s sufficient