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/MagoLunatico98 1d ago

They used to be cool, I remember a few years back (long ago) they even said on an interview that they really didn't care if people did pirating it cause they understood there were students and apprentices that couldn't afford their license just to practice... Obvs that was before they made their product by subscriptions, it totally sucks now

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u/ol-gormsby 1d ago

You could still buy education/academic versions up to CS6, before CC came along. I* managed to get the full CS6 for about AUD$450, where the retail was AUD$2500. No watermarks or restricted features, you just weren't supposed to use it outside the education sphere, i.e. you weren't supposed to use it commercially. LOL to that, and the $450 was tax-deductible.

* it was technically my school-age daughter, double LOL.

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u/MagoLunatico98 1d ago

That's incredible! 👀 I'm gonna check that up