Comments on: Adobe Acrobat Update Manager stinks

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:53:45 +0000

Does anybody here remember when Acrobat Reader was a reliable, stable, simple, and useful little utility? Those days are certainly long gone. Nowadays, Acrobat Reader is the latest example of silly featureitis and bloatitus; not to mention the annoying update aspect of the software, which in itself is based on security issues brought on by an arrogant company with more money than common sense.
Just tonight, while I was on the Adobe site, Acrobat 8 insisted on updating itself, WITHOUT EVEN ASKING ME! What a load of intrusive BS.

I too have grown to hate Adobe. Their sheer arrogance makes Microsoft look like sheep. I’ll be a happy man the day evil giants like Adobe, Autodesk, and Microsoft all take a good swift kick to the teeth (courtesy of open and honest competition), and lose the monopolies that have turned them into pricks of the nth degree. Then maybe us power users will finally get to spend more time actually getting stuff done with our systems; instead of fighting with them on a far too regular basis.

By: Bill Seller

Bill Seller — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:08:49 +0000

Adobe has become the NEW Microsoft – and that is not a compliment. I am in the software industry and every partner and customer I talk to is sick of ADobe’s new attitude that they are in charge of all software development. The rest of us just need to sit back and pay the annual upgrades – whether we need them or not.
STOP UPGRADING. Otherwise, you are supporting only one software vendor in the world. Even Microsoft backed off under public pressure. It’s time to stand up to Adobe. They suck. I hate them.

By: DJ

DJ — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:49:11 +0000

How do I turn OFF the @$#%# time wasting Update Manager??
I just want an update maybe 2 times a year.
THANK YOU!

By: Matan

Matan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:10:54 +0000

I found this page while searching for a way to cancel Adobe update manager.
Its such an annoying procedure (just like you described) and for such an unimportant update for an application I hardly use

By: James

James — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:46:26 +0000

I hate adobe for making me sit here at work and stare at my relentlessly rebooting PC. I hate updating it and I use acrobat all the time at work. How I hate them.

By: Braden

Braden — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:48:12 +0000

I agree. I do not understand why Adobe Acrobat updates are not cumulative. A bit ridiculous, especially given the cost of Adobe Acrobat in the first place.