US government sues Adobe for concealing fees and complicating cancellations

Allegations of hidden fees and difficult cancellations

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US government sues Adobe for concealing fees and complicating cancellations
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US government sues Adobe for concealing fees and complicating cancellations

The US government has taken legal action against Adobe, the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat, accusing the company of misleading consumers by hiding substantial cancellation fees and making the process of cancelling subscriptions unnecessarily difficult.

Filed in the federal court in San Jose, California, the complaint from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges that Adobe obscures significant fees, sometimes amounting to hundreds of dollars, i...

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