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New section added: Access to old versions of Adobe apps has been disabled by Adobe.
 
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Moreover, when Adobe cancels a product (which they regularly do), the corresponding applications can in some cases no longer be installed. In this case, the user no longer has any way to access or edit their files. A prominent example of this is Adobe Encore, a DVD authoring program. If a customer needs to re-visit an old DVD project and re-export it with a minor adjustment, they now need to re-create it from scratch in another software at their own cost.
Moreover, when Adobe cancels a product (which they regularly do), the corresponding applications can in some cases no longer be installed. In this case, the user no longer has any way to access or edit their files. A prominent example of this is Adobe Encore, a DVD authoring program. If a customer needs to re-visit an old DVD project and re-export it with a minor adjustment, they now need to re-create it from scratch in another software at their own cost.
==Access to old versions of CC apps==
Adobe has recently disabled the ability to download older versions of their CC apps. Despite what they advertise on their website the last mayor version of the CC apps you can download is 2023. The ability to download any version prior to 2023 has been removed from their Creative Cloud Desktop App. Their online support, despite what you may read online, does not offer older app install files. They are artificially limited to offering you links for package installers of 2023 apps or later. If you need older installers you can resort to Github projects like CC-Offline-Package-Generator (by chriswayg) or adobe-packager (by Drovosek01). These scripts allow you to download older versions of apps directly from Adobe's server.


==Disappearance of Fonts==
==Disappearance of Fonts==