Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots (probably
you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF reader by Adobe.
This latest version lacks user control, notably a manual control over
automatic downloads, which should consist solely of updates and/or patches.
Sadly, it appears manual updating has been snatched.
And if this weren't enough slap in the face, the DC reader secretly sends
users' browsing information to Amazon.com. What the **** is this?

I think that, in light of this most offensive premeditated kick in the
user's ****, as it were, by Adobe, I will likely go with the PDF reader
available through the Firefox browser.
Like I have said before, there is no place on this ********d planet where
one can escape the marketeers.

NOW YOU MAY RETURN TO BEING ASSHOLES ONCE AGAIN.
^@^

On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 7:50:47 PM UTC-7, Col. Edmund J. Burke wrote:
Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots (probably
you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF reader by Adobe.
This latest version lacks user control, notably a manual control over
automatic downloads, which should consist solely of updates and/or patches.
Sadly, it appears manual updating has been snatched.
And if this weren't enough slap in the face, the DC reader secretly sends
users' browsing information to Amazon.com. What the **** is this?

I think that, in light of this most offensive premeditated kick in the
user's ****, as it were, by Adobe, I will likely go with the PDF reader
available through the Firefox browser.
Like I have said before, there is no place on this ********d planet where
one can escape the marketeers.

NOW YOU MAY RETURN TO BEING ASSHOLES ONCE AGAIN.
^@^

Adobe reader has become so bloated nowadays. I just downloaded that DC reader a couple of days ago and I hate it. My other laptop has Adobe Reader 9.5 on it and that version works perfectly fine for me.

I think I will go to the competition now and download FOXIT Reader (it's free). I have Foxit on my old Win98SE laptop and am very happy with Foxit.

On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:24:01 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 7:50:47 PM UTC-7, Col. Edmund J. Burke wrote:
Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots (probably
you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF reader by Adobe.
This latest version lacks user control, notably a manual control over
automatic downloads, which should consist solely of updates and/or patches.
Sadly, it appears manual updating has been snatched.
And if this weren't enough slap in the face, the DC reader secretly sends
users' browsing information to Amazon.com. What the **** is this?

I think that, in light of this most offensive premeditated kick in the
user's ****, as it were, by Adobe, I will likely go with the PDF reader
available through the Firefox browser.
Like I have said before, there is no place on this ********d planet where
one can escape the marketeers.

NOW YOU MAY RETURN TO BEING ASSHOLES ONCE AGAIN.
^@^

Adobe reader has become so bloated nowadays. I just downloaded that DC reader a couple of days ago and I hate it. My other laptop has Adobe Reader 9.5 on it and that version works perfectly fine for me.

I think I will go to the competition now and download FOXIT Reader (it's free). I have Foxit on my old Win98SE laptop and am very happy with Foxit.

Oh I forgot the link:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/

On 06/26/2015 03:50 AM, Col. Edmund J. Burke wrote:
Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots (probably
you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF reader by Adobe.

Yes, beware of the phrase "for free".

wrote:
On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:24:01 PM UTC-7,
wrote:
On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 7:50:47 PM UTC-7, Col. Edmund J. Burke
wrote:
Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots
(probably you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF
reader by Adobe. This latest version lacks user control, notably a
manual control over automatic downloads, which should consist
solely of updates and/or patches. Sadly, it appears manual updating
has been snatched.
And if this weren't enough slap in the face, the DC reader secretly
sends users' browsing information to Amazon.com. What the **** is
this?

I think that, in light of this most offensive premeditated kick in
the user's ****, as it were, by Adobe, I will likely go with the
PDF reader available through the Firefox browser.
Like I have said before, there is no place on this ********d planet
where one can escape the marketeers.

NOW YOU MAY RETURN TO BEING ASSHOLES ONCE AGAIN.
^@^

Adobe reader has become so bloated nowadays. I just downloaded that
DC reader a couple of days ago and I hate it. My other laptop has
Adobe Reader 9.5 on it and that version works perfectly fine for me.

I think I will go to the competition now and download FOXIT Reader
(it's free). I have Foxit on my old Win98SE laptop and am very happy
with Foxit.

Oh I forgot the link:

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/

I started using Foxit a while back , mostly because of Adobe's rep for
spreading virus . I don't let Adobe automatically update anything , if I
actually need the update for any reason I do it manually .

--
Snag

On 06/25/2015 09:50 PM, Col. Edmund J. Burke wrote:
Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots (probably
you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF reader by Adobe.
This latest version lacks user control, notably a manual control over
automatic downloads, which should consist solely of updates and/or patches.
Sadly, it appears manual updating has been snatched.
And if this weren't enough slap in the face, the DC reader secretly sends
users' browsing information to Amazon.com. What the **** is this?

[snip]

I haven't used Adobe in a long time. Here I see reasons not to start again.

--
"Go around the world, and where you find the least superstition, there
you will find the best men, the best women, the best children." --Robert
G. Ingersoll

On 06/26/2015 09:18 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:22:36 +0100, Damascus Bainbridge
wrote:

On 06/26/2015 03:50 AM, Col. Edmund J. Burke wrote:
Consumerism, which includes marketing to the pop culture idiots (probably
you), has recently wormed its way into the latest PDF reader by Adobe.

Yes, beware of the phrase "for free".

Larry Ellison summed it up best when he said "if you are not paying
for the product, you ARE the product"


There are still a few actually free things on the internet, and a lot
that are not.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Theology ... induces a dogmatic belief that we have knowledge when in
fact we have ignorance, and by doing so generates a kind of impertinent
insolence towards the universe" - Bertrand Russell

On 6/25/2015 10:23 PM, wrote:

I think I will go to the competition now and download FOXIT Reader
(it's free). I have Foxit on my old Win98SE laptop and am very
happy with Foxit.


I quite using Foxit when they began bundling adware and junkware with
their installer. Have they quit doing that?

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COURTESY OF COLONEL BURKE.