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Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by ummonk on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:13PM (#30223890)
"it’s just when companies move to subscription they turn into mini insurance companies focused on the spreadsheets. They model out your lifetime value and know that every $1 they chisel out of you is worth $1.40 in 5 years."

The term for that is "evil".

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Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by marcosdumay on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:30PM (#30224100)
"Evil" is normally used for people that do worse actions than overbill their customers. "Fraudster" applies better here.
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Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by lostcolony on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:45PM (#30224328)
Nah, evil is fine. It's a low grade evil, sure, but it's still evil. To cite a lovely paragraph from Carpe Jugulum that feels appropriate -

“There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.’ ‘It’s a lot more complicated than that -’ ‘No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”

― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

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