The Checkbox of Doom: Adobe’s Secret Plot Against Chrome Users

Oh mighty scribes of Adobe,
What dark council decreed the creation of this cursed setting?
“Open PDFs automatically in Reader when they are downloaded in Chrome browser.”

A box hidden in the shadows of Preferences, lying in wait…
One accidental check, and lo!
Chrome obeys, Adobe awakens, and every PDF is opened twice —
once in the kingdom of Chrome,
and once in the haunted halls of Acrobat.

Who asked for this sorcery?
Was there a prophecy that foretold double openings?
Did the UX oracles decide that confusion is the true path to productivity?

We mere mortals beseech thee:
Banish this option back to the abyss whence it came.
Or at least mark it with a skull and crossbones,
so travelers through the Preferences labyrinth know the peril that awaits.

Until then, we wander the land,
slaying checkboxes,
resetting defaults,
and questioning our sanity.

Oh Adobe, keeper of scrolls and signatures,
deliver us from thy checkbox of chaos. 🙏