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Re:Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee by DominikPeters on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:13AM (#26788326)
Even if you bother to read the small print, it appears to be written to be deliberately misleading. Instead of positively saying that one enters an annual commitment, it only says that there is "No annual commitment required after the first year". "Cancel anytime" suggests you can stop your contract, not that you have the option to pre-pay the remaining months and forfeit your access.
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Re:Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee by dmingod666 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:17AM (#26788676)
Correct, it's misleading if you chose to ignore the words "after the first year".
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Re:Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee by shawnz on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:13AM (#26790677)
If four words alone can change the entire meaning then I would say that is likely to mislead people.

I am sure you can agree they didn't do their best in making the nature of the contract as clear as possible here.

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Re:Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee by DominikPeters on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:14PM (#26800722)
“No annual commitment required after the first year” does not logically imply that there is such a commitment for the first year.
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