Why does Acrobat Reader suck so hard and crash so often?

Does seem to be unanimous.  Why isn't Adobe taking the hint?  The problem is simple.  Keep trying to enhance and update any software.  But it rarely makes it better, just different, bloated and less reliable.  There was a time long long ago, when programs were limited by memory (remember 128k).  So programmers had to be parsimonious and efficient.  No longer.

Acrobat just keeps crashing over and over or just freezes.  If you have to update all these Adobe programs twice-weekly, it tells me you are not making it better.

I've been running on a newly built PC that could run laps around most of my other programs (Clip Studio, Toon Boom) but Adobe Acrobat  DC happens to be its Kryptonite. 
   What makes me die a little harder inside is that the company is more focused on having you utilize its AI "assistant" and reminding you of their hip and wacky tools and options through their relentless pop-ups,  instead of troubleshooting the core issues that cause horrible slow downs, text merging with other paragraphs constantly, and making simple tasks like importing graphics turn into an all out war.  Like I just finished editing a resume that took me over an hour,  and most of it was editing and sliding around text. Simple task work like that should only take around twenty minutes or less! 
  Hey Adobe! Maybe clean up the ancient, bloated , time sinking, and buggy dev coding that's likely still hiding dormant in your latest iteration of Acrobat before you go touting your A.I 'services'.  

Its a pile o Sh!t these days - whats an alternative as Ill be moving our entire business over! 

REally frustrated with it crashing out - get you for years using reader and all are reliant on it - then start charging! Seriously sick business model!

FoxIT Pro is the answer. Im so fed up with adobe I am going to make it my life purpose to move my entire company away from all adobe products.

It is terrible.  And the latest update of the "free" version doesn't even allow you to rotate a page!  I also now use Microsoft Edge even though it has limited capabilities at least you can open many pdfs simultaneously without the whole thing crashing and you can rotate a page.  Luckily my workplace has another program with a few extra features if I need to edit etc...

I have found my people. Adobe Acrobat DC is the bane of my existance. I have to use it for alot of different tasks. Usually there is only a 50/50 chance I will be able to complete a task without it crashing. Its hot garbage of a software platform. I don't know how its been almost 30 years since Adobe Acrobat was created and their software still doesn't work. I want to take over their software dev team pro bono just so I don't have to deal with this crap anymore. Get your  together Adobe you are failing. Fix your product and fire your software dev leadership.

OK!, I have had enough of the newest version of Adobe, which I thought was the "premier" .  Turns out they can call themselves whatever they want.  Necessity is the mother of invention!  I've searched out other PDF readers and came upon one that truly rocks the socks off of Adobe, may they rest in pieces!

For my needs now, I have officially switched to PDF XChanger. There is a free version that completely wipes out Adobe, (even when it was on top of it's game.) This reader sizzles with large files, I run some pretty intensive, multi page Archetectual plans through it and it is so fast I have to be careful which page I hover over.   I don't know about you, but Adobe lost me completely.  I switched sides and am on board with PDF Xchanger for good.  Adubie can go smoke it.

I agree. The new version is crashing too many times. On top of that, I am not able to use the licesnse I bought to use hte software. This is really too bad!

I agree with everything said here (and notice that nobody has anything good to say about Acrobat.) I could add to the list of grievances, but why waste time if Adobe doesn't care?

I think it's cause of the amount of money they spend on advertising. Almost every ad I get (besides political ads, I'm from Georgia) on YouTube is for Adobe Acrobat. First of all, I already have your product, Adobe, and secondly, I think it really sucks