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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 ...
vivacious people who are hurt
  12/08/25
Most people have no use for Acrobat and are served perfectly...
Big nubile deer antler
  12/08/25
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citrine vibrant candlestick maker
  12/08/25
You can't sign PDFs with Okular, or open any file with any k...
vivacious people who are hurt
  12/08/25
Why would proles need to securely open a file?
Big nubile deer antler
  12/08/25
Because it came from a lawyer.
vivacious people who are hurt
  12/08/25
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galvanic painfully honest menage elastic band
  12/08/25
Like 99% of software is de facto viruses now including "...
Elite Ape
  12/08/25
so is the paid version. the "AI Agent" popup cover...
cruel-hearted rigpig school
  12/08/25
cr and it crashes or freezes the app sometimes when this hap...
milky range pozpig
  12/08/25
Not if you get a "professional" subscription. I di...
vivacious people who are hurt
  12/08/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:43 PM
Author: vivacious people who are hurt

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=5310751#49494820)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:56 PM
Author: Big nubile deer antler

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=5310751#49494859)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:57 PM
Author: citrine vibrant candlestick maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#49494865)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: vivacious people who are hurt

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=5310751#49494868)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: Big nubile deer antler

Why would proles need to securely open a file?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#49494932)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: vivacious people who are hurt

Because it came from a lawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808042&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#49494953)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:14 PM
Author: galvanic painfully honest menage elastic band



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: Elite Ape

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=5310751#49494956)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:42 PM
Author: cruel-hearted rigpig school

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=5310751#49495008)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: milky range pozpig

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=5310751#49495643)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: vivacious people who are hurt

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=5310751#49495644)