Dear Folks,

Do you love the subscription model?

If so, then you probably love Adobe products which uses the subscription model to a very extreme degree.

So, I guess you must be happy paying through the nose, and you must appreciate the Great Work that Adobe's Indian CEO has done, ....in screwing the retail customer.

Or, do you dislike this subscription model?

And if so, then what do you intend to do about it?

Here is a fun vid describing the many pleasures of using Adobe products.

I have not used Adobe garbage for at least FIVE years.

If I am not using it, then who?

How does it feel to keep paying, and paying, but...NEVER ACTUALLY OWNING ANYTHING????

What is it they often tell me?

A fool and his money are soon parted?

Best regards,

Gamma

Some day: Adobe will be a distant memory, and then the world will rejoice.

NOTE: If you might have any complaints...then......just talk to THIS guy...

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

Breaking: Local man celebrates his 1,826th consecutive day of not using Adobe.

3 minutes ago, Nemises said:

Breaking: Local man celebrates his 1,826th consecutive day of not using Adobe.

I gotta tell you, Sir....

And, believe me, I HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE ON TV....for a few years now....

The Subscription Model is Destroying the Middle Class.

And, not only this, but the Subscription Model is CRIMINAL, the way it is used.

It is wielded like a club to beat us into submission.

I, Sir, will NOT be a part of this.

Please Folks, CANCEL your subscriptions, beginning today.

Weed out all but those which are most cruicial to your proper functioning.

OF COURSE, please keep Gemini, meaning Google One Drive subscription.

But, the rest: Just give them the DEEP SIX....

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

The indians are brillant IT specialists, in business, sciences or in economics. But when it comes to their corporate business model policies there are really quite rotten.

3 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

The indians are brillant IT specialists, in business, sciences or in economics. But when it comes to their corporate business model policies there are really quite rotten.

I totally agree.

It is in the culture, clearly.

They DO GET the tech, but they do NOT get the culture of where they live, in the USA, and they do NOT understand USA CORPORATE CULTURE, one iota.

And, this will be their undoing.

What they really need are MINDERS....

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I totally agree.

It is in the culture, clearly.

They DO GET the tech, but they do NOT get the culture of where they live, in the USA, and they do NOT understand USA CORPORATE CULTURE, one iota.

And, this will be their undoing.

What they really need are MINDERS....

I would rather consider that they learnt their corporate tricks from the UK and America...and ultimately the disciple overtook the master !!

The corporations which insist upon using the SUBSCRIPTION MODEL are no better than heroin addicts.

What they need is our TOUGH LOVE.

We must STOP ENABLING THEM.....NOW.

A couple of years ago, I went through all the subscriptions I had, and the dollar amount was much more than I thought.

Also, I found out from scrutinizing my credit cards that I as being charged, surreptitiously, without my knowledge for some things, such as webhoting.

I contacted the company to cancel, but they just kept sending me bill, after bill, after bill.

So, I canceled my credit cards, and applied for new ones.

That put an end to their fraud, and it was fraud.

We need opensource software which is paid for, in a fair way, by those who use it most and benefit from it most.

We cannot expect to get great software for free.

But, oftentimes, corporations are willing to subsidize the creation of software, such as Linux, just as an example, so that the entire world can use it for free.

We need to first adopt a model which will replace Adobe, and then we need to fund it, and those who use it most should fund it most.

And, most people should just be able to use it for free, unless they are using it for commercial purposes.

CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Once you begin, you will feel happier.

NETFLIX.....DEEP SIX IT......and go from there.

14 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

The indians are brillant IT specialists, in business, sciences or in economics. But when it comes to their corporate business model policies there are really quite rotten.

The Indian business model rests upon the inequality deeply ingrained in India's social system.

And, in America, GUESS WHO they consider the UNTOUGHABLES....?

They see nothing wrong with treading on the backs of the poor.

In fact, they love it...!!!!

You will never be able to beat it out of them, even if you spent centuries trying.

11 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

I would rather consider that they learnt their corporate tricks from the UK and America...and ultimately the disciple overtook the master !!

Either way, the result is the same.

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

The Indian business model rests upon the inequality deeply ingrained in India's social system.

And, in America, GUESS WHO they consider the UNTOUGHABLES....?

They see nothing wrong with treading on the backs of the poor.

In fact, they love it...!!!!

You will never be able to beat it out of them, even if you spent centuries trying.

totally agree....such social discrimination is a general state of mind and not that of a specific cultural discrepancy.

I am proud to say that I have never paid even one thin dime to Adobe, never.

This does not mean that I did not use Adobe software, all of it, for free, up to around 2015.

Then, when they began with the subscription model, I stopped using it for good.

Trying to pirate a subscription is not so easy, I guess.

But, it will be best for all of us if we stop using Adobe and support the competition, what little there is.

This is the only way we will be able to do away with both Adobe, and its CEO, and also send a message to other CEOs...from India.

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The video in the OP is actually quite good and interesting to watch....very well done.

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I have heard it said:

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

41 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

The indians are brillant IT specialists, in business, sciences or in economics. But when it comes to their corporate business model policies there are really quite rotten.

Obviously not since you can't name any indian software or businesses.
They have <deleted> loads of people though (an eighth of the world is indian?) so it's no wonder that a tiny proportion of them are good with computers.

They are consumate ass kissers though - as Kissinger noted in declassified conversations with Nixon - and corporates love that.

As to the OP, the subscription model is what the top corporates want so it''s what you'll get.
You can own a phone (to track you) but that;ll be about it.

Heard of the WEF - Own Nothing & Be Happy? If not, look it up

Nothing new here.

Edited July 2Jul 2 by Tourist2

I still use my owned copy of Acrobat 9 Pro on my W11 desktop. Can't say I love it but it is part of my work flow.

So I can file my FinCEN 114 with the U.S. Treasury every January I need to install a 32 Bit version of Acrobat Reader and refuse all updates

1 hour ago, Nemises said:

Breaking: Local man celebrates his 1,826th consecutive day of not using Adobe.

Probably an addict of the unsharp mask, in which case the full Adobe bundle was bit of an overkill...

7 minutes ago, Peter Crow said:

Probably an addict of the unsharp mask, in which case the full Adobe bundle was bit of an overkill...

If Adobe, in it's full glory, might or might not be overkill, then does anyone anticipate an alternative?

Can we lobby Trump to do to Adobe what he did to Iran?

Or, is there really any hope for mankind, after all, given that monopolies will be monopolistic?

In the video, there are other alternative companies mentioned.

Is there no hope, as long as humans will be sheep?

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

By the way, Folks....

EVEN IF you are Indian, they STILL make you pay a cancellation fee.

Here is an Indian with a CRYSTAL CLEAR vid telling us how:

If you are an AMERICAN ENGLISH Speaker, and want to cancel your ADOBE Subscription,

Then listen to this guy, who speaks excellent American English:

(But, it is NOT as straightforward as you might think, because, maybe, Adobe is NO-LONGER an "American" Product.)

OR:

If you can understand Indian-English, and you wish to Cancel Adobe-Firefly, then...

This one is worth a watch:

This looks like lots of fun.

Now, let us say you are committed to removing all Adobe Software from your compuer....

Then what?

Well, here is one video worth watching, as a start....HOWEVER.....IMHO...someday soon, Gemini, or some evolution of Gemini, might soon and quickly get much easier to use, compared to Adobe.

BUT, since Gemini and other AI alternatives are not there yet, then here is what this Dude Did....

And, here is one other Dude, in the same boat, and here is what he did....

Would most people not agree with this statement:

"Monthly subscriptions in Adobe's model is like nurturing a tapeworm parasite that never has enough food."

But also, does this statement not apply to most subscriptions, these days?

And, would anyone here wish to share which monthly/annual subscriptions they have DEEP-SIXED during the past six months?

(Not just subscriptions for tech items or software, but any and all forms of subscriptions.)

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

I use PDF-Xchange Viewer or Foxit Reader for pdfs instead of Adobe.

36 minutes ago, nexus7 said:

I use PDF-Xchange Viewer or Foxit Reader for pdfs instead of Adobe.

Yes.

But, what is your alternative to Adobe ACROBAT Pro or Studio?

Would it not be better for you to just PAY EACH MONTH TO ADOBE: BT.952.00

After all, this is only USD29.00 per month, or USD360.00 per year, or USD4000.00 every ten years.

Would this not be a far better deal for you, and for me, and for....ADOBE?

https://www.adobe.com/th_en/acrobat/acrobat-pro.html

You can easily subscribe here at this link....

Edited July 2Jul 2 by GammaGlobulin

3 hours ago, nexus7 said:

I use PDF-Xchange Viewer or Foxit Reader for pdfs instead of Adobe.

If you wish to try OKULAR, by the way, then here is the link, and it is completely free.

Works great on Linux OS.

https://okular.kde.org/download/

Thanks. I keep meaning to try out Linux.

Until recently I've struggled with the free Adobe Reader. The bloatware and automatic crap was always intrusive (tools taking up a major part of the screen that I never wanted, etc.) and I wasted too much time setting defaults. I accidentally opened a .pdf in Chrome browser and was amazed how NONE of the extraneous garbage was there, so Chrome is now my go to for .pdf files.

I've used Photoshop since the days of Harvard Graphics' departure. I could never afford the price (~$300) so I used pirated copies. I retired and sold my house, so I wanted to go legit on my software packages. When I looked at buying Photoshop, I saw they had gone to that greedo subscription model. Sorry, not sorry - FTN, I will continue to fly the Jolly Roger.

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

But, what is your alternative to Adobe ACROBAT Pro or Studio?

Ok, for my very basic requirements this fits perfectly.

PDF tools

I canceled my Adobe account last night and am moving to Capture One Pro.

I stopped using Adobe when they introduced subscription; however, I swear there are no real alternatives to After Effects. Many apps do some things the AE could do but none that did it all so easily.

I use Adobe Acrobat Pro daily, great program.

On 7/2/2026 at 7:07 PM, mudcat said:

I need to install a 32 Bit version of Acrobat Reader

My last FBAR was done FinCen online that provided now an option for non-Acrobat Reader vs Acrobat Reader which I no longer have since it required a subscription. The non-Acrobat Reader form seemed exactly the same as using Acrobat Reader.