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Lauhol
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Oct 20, 2026 11:50 AM UTC
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Why Acrobat is so horrible?

Dear Adobe staff,

For several years now, you have mostly succeeded in making your software worse by adding features that are barely worth being called toys, along with terrible AI features. But now you have truly outdone yourselves.

Of course, Acrobat has long been by far the most inferior piece of work among your programs. This piece of shit crashes right upon opening and constantly asks if I want to make it the default app. Regardless of whether I want to or not, the program usually stops responding. If it miraculously stays up, those useless AI windows and "make this your default app" prompts keep asking again and again.

The program's user interface is abysmal and completely different from all other software. Are you doing this on purpose just to annoy your customers?

    Randy Hagan
    Randy HaganCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Oct 20, 2026 1:14 PM UTC

    This is a user-to-user forum for dealing with technical problems with Acrobat, staffed primarily by volunteers who have no say, or sway, with Adobe Systems.

     

    If you have specific issues with Acrobat and want help from Adobe Systems, I’d suggest you file bug and/or feature requests for what you’d like Acrobat to be through this program. Adobe developers do read and address these bug/feature reports, but I’d think you need to supply more information than “Adobe sucks.” If all you really want is to vent about how much you hate Adobe Systems, I’d suggest you try this link instead.

     

    Randy

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    Participant
    Oct 21, 2026 12:52 AM UTC

    monopoly of trash software imo

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    Randy Hagan
    Community Expert
    Randy HaganCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Oct 20, 2026 1:14 PM UTC

    This is a user-to-user forum for dealing with technical problems with Acrobat, staffed primarily by volunteers who have no say, or sway, with Adobe Systems.

     

    If you have specific issues with Acrobat and want help from Adobe Systems, I’d suggest you file bug and/or feature requests for what you’d like Acrobat to be through this program. Adobe developers do read and address these bug/feature reports, but I’d think you need to supply more information than “Adobe sucks.” If all you really want is to vent about how much you hate Adobe Systems, I’d suggest you try this link instead.

     

    Randy

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