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US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel | The Justice Department alleges that Adobe hid early cancellation fees and trapped consumers in pricey subscriptions (www.theverge.com)

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[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

I remember when Adobe was a cool company that built art tools. Now it seems like the art tools are an afterthought, tacked onto a money-siphoning scheme.

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 34 points 5 months ago

Did they ever? They bought PageMaker in 1994 and Photoshop in 1995. They bought Macromedia in 2006, GoLive, Live motion, Typekit, Behance... Is there anything they've ever bought they haven't slowly ruined with financialisation or just outright shuttering what would have been competition?

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

That's a good point. I gotta be honest, I'd forgotten that Adobe bought Photoshop.

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah they're kind of the ultimate monopolization machine

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