Unlike most online services that essentially do not offer refunds (you just ride out the subscription), Adobe has created more of a carrier type plan, where there is a yearly contract so it accrues the same penalty like any phone plan.

So yeah, legal. Just the worst kind of legal. And that’s Adobe. Just the worst kind.

3 months in - it's Definitely my bad

No it’s always been that way. They have adopted a similar subscription as phone carriers. If you cancel early, you face a penalty.

Most other subscriptions don’t actually let you cancel and receive a refund (you just ride out the sub). But, that’s Adobe. They’ll always find the worst, shittiest way to make it happen.

I mean it’s the same company that held the internet down with Flash, that at one point was the top source of nearly all malware through a browser.