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The prole "free" edition of Adobe Acrobat Reader is a goddamn virus

I'm giving an old laptop to a friend and putting windows on ...
smoky mischievous location
  12/08/25
Most people have no use for Acrobat and are served perfectly...
thriller kitty cat
  12/08/25
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Chrome wonderful theater newt
  12/08/25
You can't sign PDFs with Okular, or open any file with any k...
smoky mischievous location
  12/08/25
Why would proles need to securely open a file?
thriller kitty cat
  12/08/25
Because it came from a lawyer.
smoky mischievous location
  12/08/25
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Well-lubricated Sex Offender Brethren
  12/08/25
Like 99% of software is de facto viruses now including "...
dun flickering ceo
  12/08/25
so is the paid version. the "AI Agent" popup cover...
fragrant french chef coffee pot
  12/08/25
cr and it crashes or freezes the app sometimes when this hap...
Fiercely-loyal curious stain theatre
  12/08/25
Not if you get a "professional" subscription. I di...
smoky mischievous location
  12/08/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: smoky mischievous location

I'm giving an old laptop to a friend and putting windows on it, and here's what happened:

1. The Acrobat installer spent 5 minutes downloading the install files on my fast af Internet. File size appears to >1gb

2. Installation took about 40 goddamn minutes and this isn't a slow computer. Furthermore I was never prompted to accept or decline anything. Two clicks --> installer does it's thing.

3. The goddamn thing installed not one but TWO startup apps that you cannot uninstall. One is called Adobe Express and I think it wanted to see pics.

4. Fortunately you can disable autostart in Task Manager, but how many people know how to do that? <1% of users know I'm even saying. They're just stuck with these TWO startup apps jacking their photos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494820)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: thriller kitty cat

Most people have no use for Acrobat and are served perfectly well by the default pdf viewer in their browser. Its continued presence everywhere is mostly inertia and Boomer retardation. In fact that explains a lot of things that are still around but shouldn’t be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494859)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:57 PM
Author: Chrome wonderful theater newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494865)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: smoky mischievous location

You can't sign PDFs with Okular, or open any file with any kind of security

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494868)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: thriller kitty cat

Why would proles need to securely open a file?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494932)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: smoky mischievous location

Because it came from a lawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494953)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: Well-lubricated Sex Offender Brethren



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494933)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: dun flickering ceo

Like 99% of software is de facto viruses now including "Microsoft Windows" itself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49494956)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:42 PM
Author: fragrant french chef coffee pot

so is the paid version. the "AI Agent" popup covers half the screen randomly and comes back after you close or disable it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495008)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal curious stain theatre

cr and it crashes or freezes the app sometimes when this happens too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495643)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: smoky mischievous location

Not if you get a "professional" subscription. I did that and it eliminated 3/4 of the bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49495644)