Adobe employs similar tactics. Even though I was paying per month for the Creative Suite, I was told that I was only able to cancel my subscription during a sm

Adobe employs similar tactics. Even though I was paying per month for the Creative Suite, I was told that I was only able to cancel my subscription during a small timeframe each year. If I didn't take advantage of the opportunity at that time, I would have to fork out for the service each month for another full year. I couldn't preempt it by asking to have the subscription cancelled when the year was up - I had to notify them at that time. I did have the option to cancel early if I paid a large penalty (some large percentage of the remaining monthly payments as far as I recall). The whole thing left me with an aversion to Adobe in general and provided the impetus I needed to look at other solutions.