I saw a post on Reddit about how to cancel an Adobe subscription without the asshole "early cancellation fee" and figured it's worth sharing:
1. Login to your adobe account
2. Go to plans and payments
3. Find your current plan and select "Manage Plan"
4. The third box on the right should say "Cancel Plan"
5. It will ask you why, tell them "Go fuck yourself" and press continue
6. It will offer you to change plans, select "Photography plan (20GB)" - $9.99
7. Confirm the change
8. Now go back to your Plans and it may say "You'll be able to manage this plan shortly" and that's because there is a waiting period after starting a plan, probably to ensure you forget to cancel or something. Took about an hour for it to go away, so if it's there just walk away and refresh the page every 15 minutes or so.
9. Once you are able to manage your plan, repeat steps 3, 4, and 5. This time actually cancel the plan. There will be no early cancellation fee AND you'll be refunded the $9.99.
Fuck adobe.
@volpeon @LouisIngenthron This really messes with struggling artists who only can afford to pay for the software with they have the work.
I know this because I've been there (not with adobe, but with a other "rental" software). Once the job was completed, I didn't need the software, so I cancelled. Having to pay an extra 3 months in cancellation fees would really put a damper on my situation. 😞
@LouisIngenthron@qoto.org Someone made a post on Reddit about the obscenely high cancellation fee (IIRC it was equal to 3 monthly payments for the subscription itself) and then someone referred to this manual in the comments