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It is of course legal, but it's possible OP got deceived into an annual subscription when they thought it was monthly, as discussed 7 months back on HN: https:/
by mjrpes 4y ago
It is of course legal, but it's possible OP got deceived into an annual subscription when they thought it was monthly, as discussed 7 months back on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30222165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30222165
- gervwyk 4y agoalso been tricked by them. if some services did not lock pdfs to only be opened in adobe reader, there is no way I’d touch anything adobe. Hate these practices and their updater and installer is extremely intrusive! Someone should run a poll for most hated software providers..
- fire 4y agofwiw there are tools to remove the copy protection / "unlock" the pdfavailable on github, like this one[1] for windows and a number of them[2] for *nix based on qfed[3] or ghostscript 1: https://github.com/abatsakidis/PDFDeSecure https://github.com/abatsakidis/PDFDeSecure 2: https://www.google.com/search?q=remove%20pdf%20copy%20protection%20site%3Agithub.com https://www.google.com/search?q=remove%20pdf%20copy%20protec... 3: https://github.com/wilfredwee/wilfred-TILs/blob/master/command-line-pdf/decrypting-a-pdf-file-without-owner-password-on-the-command-line.md https://github.com/wilfredwee/wilfred-TILs/blob/master/comma...
- jbverschoor 4y agoIt’s not as a consumer in the Netherlands. This is what gyms used to do. Now you can have a 1 year contract, after that, you’re able to cancel anytime
- davidandgoliath 4y agoThat is not the case with adobe, the contract autorenews.
- arrow7000 4y agoExactly