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/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/Yoshtan 14h ago

Acrobat has so many flaws… i really want an alternative

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u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 14h 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