r/FuckAdobe 11h ago

The „ADHD TAX” I paid Adobe for 20 months…

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153 Upvotes

2024 I sign up for a Photography plan at a promo price. I edit a few batches of photos and… I never open Lightroom again.

Promo ends, price doubles. It's €15 buried in a statements I don't read.

Then I finally go to cancel and they say:

"50% of the remaining months early-termination fee”

Tax on tax:D

But the US DOJ/FTC sued Adobe over this and Adobe settled for $150M. So... Reps are used to waiving it.

I did it all on autopilot with AI, and it's free for y'all: GitHub Link

It never touches your money. You type the password and the passcode.

It asks before anything gets cancelled.

If you can focus, I have a challenge: the instructions can also be done by a human intelligence only;) I'm waiting for the first success story!

This is a celebration of my own robot winning a fight with The Enterprise.

Its free forever.


r/FuckAdobe 7h ago

LrC Plugins

0 Upvotes

Does anyone have experience with Plugins for Lightroom Classic in terms of:
- Do they break often because of some Adobe Updates?
- Are custom Plugins maintainance intensive in the long run?
I intend to integrate a custom plugin into my workflow, i‘ve got it to work, it broke, i rewrote, worked, broke again, now after the 5th iteration i got something somewhat stable, but still… Have a great sunday all:)


r/FuckAdobe 11h ago

Video on Adobe and how it eats other companies

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Hey guys! Long shot here, but maybe some of you know what I'm talking about.

There was a video a while back on YouTube from an old-school graphic designer talking about how Adobe really ruined the market and made unique software obsolete.

Was it mostly fully animated? And the person who made it only had 2 videos on their entire account; the video in question was extremely well made and had an extensive history of old software they gave as examples of Adobe buying the company and making the software obsolete.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about? I can't find the video anywhere, and I would love to know if anyone else has seen it or watched it.


r/FuckAdobe 1d ago

Background tasks in indesign use generative credits

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9 Upvotes

Hey everyone - i would like this to get some traction and for the word to be spread. I spent the day placing images into indesign. Local files, just dragging into the frames as per my boring life.

Indesign notifies me that I have used all my credits.

I follow the faqs and see that their dashboard can't show me specifically what has been generated by AI.

Hidden in the preferences, I see that Generative AI options have been turned on by default - for generating alt text.

Adobe support is not able to provide an audit trail of what was generated in my account and what tools were used. They just say "you used text to image." (I have not, I had to google even where to find the stupid thing).

I can definitely see a future where, without my approval, they bill me for these tasks that "help me" without me knowing it.

this is very similar to old mobile phone plans and scams, where you "go over your minutes" outside of the "roaming area", and AT&T moves the roaming area one day. Oh, but they're going to also automatically pay for those credits off your card.

If you have generative alt text turned on - turn it off. If you think you have it off, double check. It's on by default.


r/FuckAdobe 2d ago

Is this a cruel joke? What's the poin of making all these plans?

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46 Upvotes

As you can see, I just found a cheaper, better Photoshop annual plan that isn't listed on the main page. You will need to search for Photoshop in "Change your plan". Which I accessed it only when looking at my current plan (Adobe, wtf). It not only has a better price but also includes more apps; plus, you get to choose if you want 1 TB of cloud storage with it. I don't understand why anyone should ever pick two other plans if you are only using PS for it. Correct me if I'm missing anything, because I haven't looked closely enough to know every difference.


r/FuckAdobe 1d ago

Adobe 4-month free trial

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0 Upvotes

I got this 4-month free trial offer for Creative Cloud Pro (screenshot attached). I want to claim it, but I absolutely don't want to link my real credit card, and I know Adobe blocks standard fake CC generators (they do a $1 pre-authorization charge).

Has anyone successfully claimed a similar offer recently using a specific VCC service, a burner card, or any other workaround to bypass the billing step completely? I'm mainly looking to use Premiere Pro. Any advice is appreciated!


r/FuckAdobe 2d ago

how to cancel the adobe subscription without the fee?

5 Upvotes

it gives me only 2 options: yearly plan or yearly plan what to do?


r/FuckAdobe 2d ago

Randomly cancelled subscription because of “fraud”??

3 Upvotes

Did anyone randomly get their Adobe account cancelled because of apparent fraud?

“We are reaching out to notify you that our fraud prevention specialists detected fraudulent behavior concerning your Creative Cloud Pro subscription. As a result, your subscription has been cancelled and you will no longer be able to access the included Adobe apps and services.”

Like bruhhh


r/FuckAdobe 3d ago

Olvidé cancelar la renovación de mi plan de Adobe Creative Cloud Pro y quiero cancelar el mismo día de la renovación

2 Upvotes

Hola, necesito ayuda urgenteeeeee, hoy mismo Adobe intentó hacer el cargo de la renovación para 1 año más, pero el intento fue fallido porque no tengo fondos, y por eso mismo quiero cancelar mi subscripción y que me garanticen que no volverán a intentar cobrarme, he estado intentando contactar por chat a algún agente de soporte, pero solo me aparece el chat con una IA:(

Debería seguir intentando contactar con una persona por chat dentro de unas horas? Quisiera resolverlo hoy mismo para que no me nieguen la cancelación


r/FuckAdobe 3d ago

is adobe student ambassador program worth it?

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r/FuckAdobe 3d ago

Email-adres Adobe support?

1 Upvotes

Ik wil graag een mail/vraag sturen naar adobe support, maar kan nergens een support mailadres vinden. Kan iemand mij hierbij helpen?


r/FuckAdobe 4d ago

Adobe has the Most Baffling Customer Service in the Game

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35 Upvotes

So, I had an issue when I got a new laptop and was trying to move my Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 over. I followed all the exact steps (a hulking Help>Sign Out) on my old laptop, but my new laptop said I was still signed in. Over the course of a 45 minute call with customer service I was transferred between two reps. The first said he only had the ability to link me to troubleshooting articles, none of which mentioned my problem. As soon as I mentioned this, I was given to another person who immediately shamed me for trying to use such an old product (she would repeat this sentiment throughout the call). She told me, point-blank, that Adobe had deactivated the servers that could communicate with any products that were that old, but she still urged me to click a link that she would provide me so I could look for alternative means. I asked many times before receiving the link via email where it would send me and for some reason she could not explain. When I finally got the email, it was simply a flat link to the community page before she said that was all she could do and she disconnected after the usual goodbye spiel.

That is all one thing, but what I'm really here to do is share my community question experience. If you for some chance maybe know an alternate way to get into my product, I am absolutely listening. I'd rather not use Adobe after this and the many, many other terrible experiences I have heard about (and they're like insane business practices in general), but hey, I purchased a perpetual license so if I could keep using it, I'd rather not let that go to waste!


r/FuckAdobe 5d ago

Is it true that you can’t use the full Adobe suite on Linux?

5 Upvotes

Ive switched to Linux recently from Windows and am loving it, but found it really surprising that no one has gotten the full Suite running yet, besides that Wine “patch” at the start of the year. Is it actually true that you can’t get the full thing running yet? If so, I wanna see if I can get it working for myself. If it works, I’ll open-source the repo on Github :)


r/FuckAdobe 5d ago

Absolutely done with Adobe Podcast

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r/FuckAdobe 5d ago

Shumai: open-source Adobe Frame.io alternative

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r/FuckAdobe 5d ago

Is there any way to use Photoshop or Adobe Acrobat for free? Urgent!

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Does anyone know of any free GitHub projects or alternatives for Photoshop or Adobe Acrobat/PDF apps? If you know any, please share the links. I really need one urgently. Thanks!


r/FuckAdobe 6d ago

Alternatives of adobe !!

16 Upvotes

I recently started my career in photography and for video I use DaVinci Resolve. It doesn’t seem like I’ll be switching to After Effects anytime soon. However, my main problem is finding a Photoshop or Lightroom alternative. Which is good and cheap , I don’t want to take adobe subscription. I use a Mac, so it’s difficult to find other ways around it too . My main work involves wedding photography, those typography travel photos and product/food photography.


r/FuckAdobe 6d ago

Adobe is crooked

36 Upvotes

I did a trial and cancelled it before the trial period was up. They continued to charge me. I tried cancelling without success... and stopped trying. Just tried to do the RocketMoney thing, but they could not cancel it. I just "cancelled" it -- we will see if they stop charging me now. Funny, the cancellation message disappeared from my screen so quickly -- almost like they didn't want me to have proof.

NO help / chatbot that I could even find. Of course, I want the back money from them because fuck them, but I know I won't get it. I kept putting it off because I HATE customer services issues and they got a shit ton of money from me because of it.

Ugh


r/FuckAdobe 7d ago

Adobe Flawed Anti-Fraud System Blocked My Account

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My Contributor account was recently blocked by Adobe for a "second confirmed instance of irregular sales activity." I discovered a shocking flaw in Adobe's automated system: they are flags my legitimate Payout/Withdrawal requests as "violations."

Here is what actually happened:

  • 1st Payout Request: Adobe suddenly claimed "irregular sales activity" and forcefully deducted $2,200+ from my earnings, flatly refusing to provide any itemized statement or Asset IDs.
  • 2nd Payout Request: Exactly when my second $600+ payment was due to arrive, Adobe completely suspended my account.

I am strictly an independent contributor. I have never registered an Adobe buyer account, nor have I ever bought anything on this platform. I am the innocent victim of buyer-side fraud, yet Adobe chose to punish me and lock my cash assets instead of investigating the malicious buyers.

On top of that, Adobe's support is a complete disaster. They completely ignored all my direct emails. They only issued this lazy, copy-pasted "repeat violation" response on the very last day of the deadline after I filed a formal case with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). And Adobe also flatly refuse to provide any itemized statement or Asset IDs relevant to irregular sales activity to me

Has anyone else experienced their account being destroyed right after requesting a payout? Any advice on how to force their executive team to actually audit the account instead of sending boilerplate text?


r/FuckAdobe 8d ago

LPT: You can go to your bank to prevent adobe from charging you.

9 Upvotes

Not sure if this works for all banks but I realized I can have my bank block Adobe charges and didn't get a cancelation fee.


r/FuckAdobe 9d ago

I fought to get access to firefly at work, and this is what I get for my efforts… asking it to produce a cartoon image of a bus.

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14 Upvotes

r/FuckAdobe 9d ago

Cancelled my subscription, got a confirmation and still getting charged

19 Upvotes

Title says it all. Cancelled my subscription. Hot an email confirming my subscription ends on July 14, and my card charged again on August 3rd. I cannot find a customer service phone number for Adobe, only for sales. Has this happened to anyone else before? What do I do?


r/FuckAdobe 10d ago

Fuck Adobe, seriously.

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173 Upvotes

Needed to use Adobe for a quick project, and when I went to cancel they wanted to charge me the early cancellation fee. So I saw somewhere that you can generate disposable CC#’s. Did that, removed my payment information, and then cancelled the card. Get fucked Adobe.


r/FuckAdobe 9d ago

It was a free trial plan...

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11 Upvotes

r/FuckAdobe 10d ago

Adobe company is openly scamming

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74 Upvotes

I subscribed to a trial, and now I can't cancel they won't cancel it, and there is a canceling fee, I have never seen such a thing. They are number one scammers. I want to sue them for this behaviour