Why Do People Hate Adobe? 61% People Do (8,662 opinions)

They hate Linux, and give it horrible support
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No Proper Linux Support, seriously the flash plugin is horrible, bad preformance, even worse for 64-bit users. also of course no CS support, they continue to deny we are willing ... read all

by Joseph L on 29 Jan - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Their customer service is HORRIBLE. And I just
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Their customer service is HORRIBLE. And I just received the new Adobe Creative Suite Standard via mail. The box is completely mangled (looks like someone took a hammer to the ... read all

by Katrina W on 28 Jan - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Best Places to work? Must be giving out free drugs
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They produce overpriced crap and slow buggy software yet Fortune Magazine says they're #41 on Best Places to Work. THEY MUST ALL BE DRINKING AND SNORTING COKE ON THE JOB! ... read all

by Jim B on 25 Jan - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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Overpriced, slow, crappy, buggy software!
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1) Outrageously overpriced commercial software (Photoshop, Pagemaker, Acrobat) 2) Slow, crappy free software (Acrobat Reader takes forever to load, Flash player takes nearly all my processor power). read all

by Jim B on 25 Jan - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I don't need you to run my computer!
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you can't just install one program of theirs. Not even 2! No! You need install half of their fucking software library just to edit some photos or make a logo. ... read all

by Brandon D on 28 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Assholes.
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Because their fucking software is so god damn expensive and when you actually install it, it's buggy as fuck. Give me fucking break. Fuck you Adobe. Encore is the biggest ... read all

by sierra on 28 Dec - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
can't update or uninstall.
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I can't update my program because ever time I try it asks me to close some adobe auto running program that I have no idea how to close. So I ... read all

by Topo L on 25 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Dowdloads do not work. Endless attempts to
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Dowdloads do not work. Endless attempts to download for a Windows 7 64bit, have followed the adobe web page directions several times: uninstalled the old version, re-install the new from ... read all

by Clark on 24 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Junk!
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If you want buggy software, with messes to clean up and no decent settings, get Adobe! I wish their were a Flashplayer alternative, since I already replaced every other piece ... read all

by Doctor N on 09 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I really miss macromedia !
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because i lose 1 hour everyday... fireworks on mac crash every time and when i'm creating something i don't want to stop my brain for a long ctrl+s because adobe ... read all

by ngenty on 06 Dec - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Without competition there is no improvement...
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Mediocre software. Sad there's nothing better, but that doesn't means that they can do software filled with bugs, errors and even UI design mistakes! I'm deeply disappointed with adobe... Besides, ... read all

by Santiago M on 30 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I trying now trial version of CS5.5 in my new
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I trying now trial version of CS5.5 in my new intel Quad and it's sooooo slooooow vs. my old G5 / CS3 ? Wondering what they have coded between these ... read all

by User-114lq5 on 29 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I also hate how you can only install it only
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I also hate how you can only install it only on one compute, it's expensive, and you get really slow performance. The only good thing is all the cool stuff ... read all

by Panayioti D on 18 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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It's just really really.... slow.
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It's just really really.... slow. read all

by Panayioti D on 18 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Very poor quality
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Performance is very very very bad. Very bad user experience. Updater is very annoying and hard to get rid of. Too frequent updates. Not stable at all. After so many ... read all

by Wei Z on 16 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
They are holding my money on a cancelled order
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their support staff will lie to you just to close a call. I have a return issue that they will not handle in a professional manner. Within seconds after ordering, ... read all

by AdobeSucks B on 16 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
My Rant
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What a day. If there was a rep from Adobe here I would scream "WHY DON'T YOU FIX YOUR USELESS FUCKING SOFTWARE INSTEAD OF BRINGING OUT ENDLESS VERSIONS WITH FEATURES ... read all

by Kirk K on 16 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I hate Adobe Download Assistant, it doesn't
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I hate Adobe Download Assistant, it doesn't download and it doesn't assist! I miss Macromedia, why did you ever merge :( read all

by Shaan M on 10 Nov - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Worst software forced into your PC.
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I've never had Acrobat reader on any machine that didn't hog bandwidth and memory resources and inevitably screw up while trying to uninstall, upgrade, or install. Unfortunately the USPS website ... read all

by Russell S on 17 Oct - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Screwing over small businesses.
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For getting rid of Bridge. The small company I work for has been using bridge to manage thousands of files for years now. Now we are royally screwed, as there ... read all

by Derek M on 22 Sep - 2 replies - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag

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@mikebiewer Yeah- I hate it that it's an easy $1000+ upgrade for me. I hate Adobe.

11 Feb at 12:06 AM by dannisbet on Twitter - 691 followers - Flag

Wanna create a PDF? Adobe: sure, but here's mandatory download first. Two mins later: download failed. Exiting. Lord, I hate Adobe software.

10 Feb at 05:48 PM by brianpiercy on Twitter - 513 followers - Flag

RT @GlennF: I really hate Adobe’s activation system. You _must_ remember to deactivate before migrating software & wiping original computer.

10 Feb at 09:05 AM by StevenJCrowley on Twitter - 822 followers - Flag

I hate Adobe Media Encoder #soslow

10 Feb at 04:39 AM by emileeyy on Twitter - 51 followers - Flag

@designmesk to bol neuveritelny (teda este stale je) #fail #adobe #Photoshop

10 Feb at 03:18 AM by jakubptacin on Twitter - 493 followers - Flag

I really hate Adobe’s activation system. You _must_ remember to deactivate before migrating software & wiping original computer.

09 Feb at 11:48 PM by GlennF on Twitter - 6,128 followers - Flag

I hate Adobe Premiere.

09 Feb at 05:46 PM by teakay09 on Twitter - 1,017 followers - Flag

I hate Adobe Illustrator but its part of being a video game designer so Im stuck with it

09 Feb at 05:15 PM by Jordan-8965aabb on Facebook - Flag

i hate adobe indesign with a flaming passion.

09 Feb at 12:42 PM by distressxcoma on Twitter - 148 followers - Flag

I HATE Adobe Indesign!!!!!!!

09 Feb at 08:01 AM by DaniPalliser on Twitter - 89 followers - Flag

Ty voe proč stojí Adobe CS5.5 Design Standard WIN EN FULL o 5 litrů víc než CZ verze #fail #adobe

09 Feb at 05:12 AM by JahaCZ on Twitter - 219 followers - Flag

I really hate Adobe Audition sometimes.

08 Feb at 11:03 PM by THISIZLEO on Twitter - 477 followers - Flag

I hate Adobe. I would rather have a thousand paper cuts all over my face than deal with them. The most expensive thing I now own is software. Its cost more than anything else I currently own. I hate Adobe.

08 Feb at 11:51 AM by Trish-81523021 on Facebook - Flag