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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 ...
Emerald institution boltzmann
  12/08/25
Most people have no use for Acrobat and are served perfectly...
Excitant circlehead gaping
  12/08/25
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Walnut Aphrodisiac Center
  12/08/25
You can't sign PDFs with Okular, or open any file with any k...
Emerald institution boltzmann
  12/08/25
Why would proles need to securely open a file?
Excitant circlehead gaping
  12/08/25
Because it came from a lawyer.
Emerald institution boltzmann
  12/08/25
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Arousing buff stead trust fund
  12/08/25
Like 99% of software is de facto viruses now including "...
Adventurous nubile crackhouse newt
  12/08/25
so is the paid version. the "AI Agent" popup cover...
stimulating french kitchen
  12/08/25
cr and it crashes or freezes the app sometimes when this hap...
Cordovan twisted rehab
  12/08/25
Not if you get a "professional" subscription. I di...
Emerald institution boltzmann
  12/08/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: Emerald institution boltzmann

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=5310486#49494820)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: Excitant circlehead gaping

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=5310486#49494859)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:57 PM
Author: Walnut Aphrodisiac Center



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Emerald institution boltzmann

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=5310486#49494868)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: Excitant circlehead gaping

Why would proles need to securely open a file?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49494932)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: Emerald institution boltzmann

Because it came from a lawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49494953)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: Arousing buff stead trust fund



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: Adventurous nubile crackhouse newt

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=5310486#49494956)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:42 PM
Author: stimulating french kitchen

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=5310486#49495008)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Cordovan twisted rehab

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=5310486#49495643)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Emerald institution boltzmann

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=5310486#49495644)