Petition started: Adobe, enable the activation of Adobe CS6 licenses

Question

https://www.change.org/Adobe-blocks-our-License

The problem

We are customers who legally purchased a perpetual Adobe CS6 license between 2010 and 2014 - often for over €1,000.
This license was sold to us on the condition that we could use the software permanently.

Today - years later - this software can no longer be activated, although it still works technically. Adobe has switched off or blocked the activation servers - the software can be deactivated, but no longer activated.
Without any solution, without replacement, without warning.

This means that our legally purchased license is effectively worthless.
This is a breach of contract and an unfair business practice.

We demand:

An official option to continue activating Adobe CS6 offline or locally

The recognition of our perpetual license

The examination by the consumer advice center for a model declaratory action/class action.

If you are affected - sign!
If you are a journalist or lawyer - get in touch!
If you are Adobe - do the right thing.

https://www.change.org/Adobe-blocks-our-License

Nancy OShea · Accepted Answer

@brett_CS6 and @tobiasi31811965,

CS6 & previous versions are discontinued & unsupported. You use them at your own risk of failures.

The subscription model has been wildly successful for more than a decade.
It keeps pace with changing technologies in ways that boxed disks never could.
It's easier on the wallet. You pay as you use, rather than one big lump sum.
Adobe has 22 million Creative Cloud users, which illustrates its popularity.
The subscription model is here to stay. 🙂

Try Creative Cloud free for 7 days and Save 40% off your first year. Offer ends Aug 17.

Or cancel and owe nothing.

https://www.adobe.com/downloads.html

Best of luck.

Nancy OShea · Answer

The license might be perpetual, but the software isn't.

CS6 from 2012 had a 3-5 year shelf-life, after which you were expected to replace it with supported products. You got more than you paid for and then some. It was built to run on Win XP/Vista/Win7, not Windows 11. Fast-forward to 2025, the aging activation servers and legacy software are not compatible with newer systems. Time & technology have passed them by.

MODERN OPTIONS:
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FREE Acrobat Reader -- view, comment, print & sign PDF.
https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pdf-reader.html

Paid Acrobat Pro -- the complete solution for creating and saving PDF.
https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/acrobat-pro.html

Photoshop Elements or Premiere Elements (3 year license, no subscription needed).
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

Creative Cloud Photography
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html

Creative Cloud Bundles & Single Apps for mobile, web & desktops
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

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