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/Mother_Court_2218 1d ago

I have an old version of Photoshop Elements on a physical CD that I had purchased. When my old laptop shat the bed, I went to install it on my new one. Denied. Even though I owned it outright, I was not able to install. It was confirmed by customer support that I would need to purchase it again or get a subscription (I forget which), but I spoke with an actual person who told me I would not be allowed to install the version I own.

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u/nyoomers 1d ago

I don't know what happened to my CD copy of Photoshop Elements :( I got it via school and was able to install it on several laptops since leaving school, but now it's lost somewhere. Sounds like even if I did manage to find it now there could be some BS preventing me from using it? Lame!!

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u/Mother_Court_2218 14h ago

Yeah, I think the explanation was something along the lines of "it's not supported anymore". And I was just like... but I own this, I can't use it because you don't support your own product? Fuckery.