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==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
Adobe switched to subscription software, abandoning perpetual licenses in favor of the Creative Cloud model of monthly ongoing payments. This has made limited availability of current software to users without a subscription. | Adobe switched to subscription software, abandoning perpetual licenses in favor of the Creative Cloud model of monthly ongoing payments. This has made limited availability of current software to users without a subscription. Not only is adobe very expensive they also charge you an additional fee if you try to unsubscribe. | ||
Adobe has also been accused of using user information to train artificial intelligence, mandatory cloud syncing in applications such as Adobe Fresco and Adobe Scan without a choice to opt out, and without end-to-end encryption. Adobe has also been accused of monitoring the reading behavior of readers within eBooks, collecting information in rich detail without encryption, and employing dark patterns to restore unwanted features on updates. | Adobe has also been accused of using user information to train artificial intelligence, mandatory cloud syncing in applications such as Adobe Fresco and Adobe Scan without a choice to opt out, and without end-to-end encryption. Adobe has also been accused of monitoring the reading behavior of readers within eBooks, collecting information in rich detail without encryption, and employing dark patterns to restore unwanted features on updates. | ||
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===Transition to subscription based software=== | ===Transition to subscription based software=== | ||
{{Hatnote|Read More:[[Adobe Lightroom: Perpetual to Subscription Transition]], [[Adobe Subscription]] and | {{Hatnote|Read More: [[Adobe Lightroom: Perpetual to Subscription Transition]], [[Adobe Subscription]], [[Adobe CS Activation]] and | ||
[[Adobe Sued by FTC Over Hidden Fees in Subscription Plans]] | [[Adobe Sued by FTC Over Hidden Fees in Subscription Plans]] | ||
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Adobe initially distributed their software with perpetual licenses, where the user would only pay once for the right to own and use a copy of an application (or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications). In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a service that gave users access to all of Adobe's current software for a monthly fee; Creative Cloud eventually superseded Creative Suite and all of Adobe's perpetual licenses, and as of today, the only way to access up-to-date Adobe software officially is through Creative Cloud. | Adobe initially distributed their software with perpetual licenses, where the user would only pay once for the right to own and use a copy of an application (or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications). In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a service that gave users access to all of Adobe's current software for a monthly fee; Creative Cloud eventually superseded Creative Suite and all of Adobe's perpetual licenses, and as of today, the only way to access up-to-date Adobe software officially is through Creative Cloud. | ||
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*Creative Cloud (20xx): | *Creative Cloud (20xx): | ||
*Photoshop (199x): | *Photoshop (199x): | ||
*[[Adobe Lightroom: Perpetual to Subscription Transition|Lightroom]] (200x): | |||
*[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM|Digital Editions]] (20xx): | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||