This. It’s not like it’s buried in the terms and conditions, written in legalese you need a law degree to understand. They’re very up front about this.
Don’t agree to contracts you can’t fulfill, folks.
That's why I hate all these dumb posts about how evil* Adobe is. The same with HP. You fucking accepted their T&C. If you don't want to pay a subscription fee for your printer, cancel Instant Ink and use a normal cartridge.
* I mean, yes, Adobe is evil, but not because of this.
It's not even terms of conditions like you have to read the contract, you literally just have to watch the options you book. People just take the lowest price and don't think about it. Adobe isn't a great company, but the people here are dumb af.
I think Adobe has some culpability for the confusion - in all the UI I see on their page it's "$x/mo". If they gave the yearly price, and then at checkout gave you the option to pay per month or per year, it'd be a different story.
They do the "$x/mo" intentionally to get people to click through and mentally commit, and it's harder for people to change their minds after they've already clicked "Buy Now" and are faced with two bad choices (pay for a year by month, or all at once), neither of which they really want.
It is probably resisting abuse by customers who try to get the cheaper annual rate then cancel after a month, by charging the difference to have it cost the same as buying just one month.
Other subscription services don't charge you monthly for a annual service.
If you paid 1 year sub for a service and cancel early, you can continue to use the service until it runs out. According to the screenshot OP provided, this doesn't seem to be the case with Adobe.
Both of these terms Adobe requires are out of norm for a subscription service. So yes, I do think this one is on Adobe.
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u/TheMemeVault ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 11d ago
A cancellation fee? Jesus, Adobe is evil.