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true i heard of their evil practice
Yeah in order to get out of my contract after they restarted it without telling me then trying to charge me to get out I had to complain to the BBB and finally they retracted the charge. But it was what I learned how to edit photos on and had my whole photo library in light room so I held me back from switching to Linux before. I started trying to find an alternative before wiping my windows drive in case I wanted to edit something real quick and needed lightroom. It's good to have that buffer so you don't switch and are learning everything all at once while feeling frustrated because you just want to do one thing
I remember my friend was canceling his subscription they kept offering him deals