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Ask HN: How to cancel Adobe CC subscription without paying a “cancellation fee”?

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Re: Ask HN: How to cancel Adobe CC subscription without paying a “cancellation fee”?

#11
Pay the cancellation fee and learn from it, to read the terms and conditions before you buy.

Then in the future, depending on your needs, use alternative applications, like many of the excellent Affinity programs such as Affinity Photo (vs Adobe Photoshop), Affinity Designer (vs Adobe Illustrator), etc. that are an affordable one-time purchase. Likewise Luma Fusion video editor (on iPad) instead of Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut.

Re: Ask HN: How to cancel Adobe CC subscription without paying a “cancellation fee”?

#15
Fuck Adobe. It triggered the auto-renew while on vacation for a year, I cancelled within a week later, and was forced to pay a massive cancellation fee. One of the worst companies I've interacted with, will never use their products again.

Re: Ask HN: How to cancel Adobe CC subscription without paying a “cancellation fee”?

#17

Use privacy.com and give them a temporary credit card. Close the card when you want to cancel. Is this ethical? You're not using the software anymore, so you're not getting something for nothing. Rather, you're avoiding paying something for nothing.

But he received a discount on his monthly rate when he agreed to subscribe for a year at a time.

There is a power imbalance between him & a giant multinational corporation, and he's just rectified it.

Re: Ask HN: How to cancel Adobe CC subscription without paying a “cancellation fee”?

#18
Thanks for the heads up. I just checked, and apparently I got scammed into an annual plan by a customer support agent without realizing it. Even better, they don't appear to have a way for you to delete your old credit card information, even after adding a new one. Time to finally look for Adobe alternatives.
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