This popped up on my work laptop yesterday. Very annoying.
I have to have adobe install on my work computer and fuck it’s intrusive everythingness. Fuck em.
Adobe putting spam in notification tray on Windows
Submitted 8 months ago by OR3X@lemm.ee to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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KillerTofu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Granixo@feddit.cl 8 months ago
Nobody needs Adobe’s PDF Reader or Creative Tools anymore.
There are alternatives all over the web.
KillerTofu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure, I don’t use it on my personal devices but I can’t install the better tools on my work computer.
GONADS125@feddit.de 8 months ago
PDF Gear is the free alternative I use. Adobe can
eatread a dick.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
Not an issue when you don’t use Adobe.
hightrix@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also not an issue when you disable this in windows.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also not an issue when you disable this in windows.
How do you like having to opt out of everything, repeatedly?
loxdogs@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not an issue if you use IS that values your freedom of choice
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 8 months ago
use IS
Did you mean “use an OS”?
If not, what does IS stand for?
slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Time to take away the notification permission of reader.
cloudless@lemmy.cafe 8 months ago
Or take away Adobe and use an alternative.
DarkThoughts@fedia.io 8 months ago
Or put away Windows use an alternative.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not everyone has that option. I can only used approved software. Took 3 months to get WSL and Hyper-V approved for my desktop
Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The pop-ups on my desktop are the driving force behind me finally looking into Linux.
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Between that, the installation of programs like HP smart, copilot, and Dev Home without my consent. OneDrive being trash. Start menu being slow ever since they deployed copilot even with it shut off. All the tricks to get you to run Edge. The list just keeps growing.
The notifications to get you to change notification settings on a program like Microsoft to-do not being run in a while just take the cake. I’ll run my apps if and when I want to. STFU M$. I pay you for an operating system to run my computer. Not to fight with it constantly.
nfsu2@feddit.cl 8 months ago
just that?
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Everyone has a breaking point, it’s always better to embrace them when they reach it.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Of course not just that but it’s the last straw.
kadu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t touch Adobe software. Not only due to the abusive subscription, but even the pirated versions will install Creative Cloud and a thousand supporting applications that permanently modify your Windows shell, explorer, scheduled tasks and many more system features.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Dude I did it on my previous pc and it was super aids to fully remove it. Never again, I’m sticking with Foss as much as possible now. Photopea is great as a photoshop alternative for anyone who isn’t a professional.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My daughter needs Windows on her notebook for school. The OneDrive popups that you can never turn off, only silence for a month, on Windows 10 are enough to piss me off on her behalf.
anon@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Every time I use windows, I run this debloater script which remove all unneccessary programs that you choose to delete.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Every time I use windows, I run this debloater script
Ironic having to use an open source script to make a closed source OS behave itself.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
She “needs” it on her personal laptop? For what?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
For her online school which requires it.
Hence her needing it.
I suppose you think she her education should consist of reading online Linux manuals?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
get sumatrapdf.
havent been on windows in a while, but im assuming its still.the great lightweight viewer it used to be.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 months ago
It is. I have trouble making it the default reader. Stuff still opens in Edge. Not sure what the deal is.
zarlin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Had that issue too, search in Start for “Default Apps”, then scroll to the bottom and click “Choose default application by file type”. Then scroll to
.pdfand choose Sumatra. The settings window may crash for some reason, but for me the file association did seem to stick after that.umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
the deal is probably windows lol
they do push very hard for us to use it
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 months ago
There’s a reason I have my windows configured for do not disturb/focus mode, I can’t say I’ve seen a notification come through that was actually relevant for me. The vast majority of what I’ve seen come through notifications are app spam, and I ain’t got time for that
OR3X@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Agreed. Seems the notification tray in Windows is just a catch-all for spam (mostly from MS themselves)
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nah, browsers are so much worse, but that’s because most users blindly accept notifications from any sketch website then call and cry to IT because they “got a virus”.
I don’t miss my days supporting end users…
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I absolutely hate when Windows will give you a different notification for each email that comes in, then an additional one to tell you “mail has new messages.” Get out of my fucking way!
Kelly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
As far as I can tell outlook will call out the title of the first 3 emails in a minute, then if further emails arrive you get the general message.
Its really just a ‘we are rate limiting our notifications, check your inbox’ message.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Firefox can open and edit PDFs, just uninstall the Adobe junk.
kylian0087@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wait it can edit PDFs? Huh who knew! Thnx for the tip.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
It is a relatively new feature
Z4rK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I can hardly remember the last time any notification was not some kind of spam or self-notification.
I turn 99.95% of notifications off on any platform. The worst offenders are the apps that will show me a permanent in-app notification that I have turned off notification permissions… especially those that do so blocking the regular UI of the app to tell me this. Even some apps I’ve paid for do this. I condemn those to the deepest pits of app-hell.
SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 8 months ago
This company is insufferable.
supangle@lemmy.wtf 8 months ago
use linux on daily basis, far better for your mental health. you can use virtual machine to work with these shitty softwares, or you can always dual-boot. make the switch!
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 8 months ago
OP mentions in the post details that this is a work laptop. Switching to Linux also isn’t as simple for most people. I’m fairly technically minded and I still took nearly a year to fully switch, and I decided a year ago that to just not have the headache of virtual machines and/or dual booting, I’m back daily driving Windows because my degree requires me to use stuff that only works on Windows.
For you it may have been a pretty quick switch because your circumstances would’ve almost certainly differed.
That’s why I think you’re being down voted. If we want to drive Linux adoption, this isn’t the way and never was.
supangle@lemmy.wtf 8 months ago
didn’t read that it’s a work device, but beginner linux distros are easy to install, like windows. OP probably shouldn’t install another os on work device. making the switch is easy for the most people and you can use windows whenever you want besides it. linux adaptation has nothing to do with my comment. i don’t care about my downvotes, what os people use or linux user percentage, but they should be aware of their options if these things annoy them. if windows works for you, and these things don’t annoy you, you can happily use it.
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Adobe … spam … Windows
That sounds about right.
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Just throwing out there that PDF X-Change Editor and WondersShare PDFelement are both exceptional PDF editors. PDF X-Change Editor also has Windows ARM64 builds so you can run them on ARM based PCs. Although the best thing is to try and escape from Windows entirely anymore.
muhyb@programming.dev 8 months ago
Sumatra PDF for the win(dows).
Mabexer@feddit.it 8 months ago
Yep! But sadly I still have to use Adobe when I need to sign documents…
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I straight up tell companies to mail the form to me now.
All my banking is on paper, insurance, etc…its ALL paper copies. I’m not filtering through 4000 spam emails from companies to find my shit, then deal with subscriptions and other crap just to send things back.
Send me paper, and I will mail it back. Countless companies just can’t process things anymore, it’s hilarious
muhyb@programming.dev 8 months ago
Not sure but I think you can do that with Okular.
teft@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Uninstall and use a different PDF reader. I’m partial to sumatra PDF.
kadu@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sumatra is fantastic for reading PDFs, but it can’t edit them. In that case I recommend PDF Gear.
NiPfi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The war of the dark patterns is waging on…
Ibaudia@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Win11 is full of these kinds of ads, especially for OneDrive and Office
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Win 10 too.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
If you can avoid Adobe, FoxIt Reader isn’t too bad. I have to uncheck some offer every time it updates, but I’ve never had it bug me otherwise.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Firefox can open/edit PDFs too, so you could get rid of Foxit since it’s obnoxious as well.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
It’s more to do with workflow for me. If I close the wrong Firefox window I could lose my session with 10k tabs. 😆
I know there’s ways to recover but last time I really considered it I found it more comfortable to have a separate app for PDFs. Do what you feel. ✌️
BTW I don’t work for FoxIt nor has any money changed hands between me and them. It’s just what I wound up using circa 2015.
n3cr0@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t they know, Windows comes with a preinstalled PDF reader, making this Adobe bloatware pretty much obsolete?
Kelly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes, they know. The message is asking the user to change from their default to Adobe Reader.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Crap like this is why I use Corel.
stochasticity@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Easily”
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
SumatraPDF
HubertManne@kbin.social 8 months ago
its not just adobe. there are some good linux distors now.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
MINT, MINT MI-
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Adobe is a cancer the second it is installed. Avoid this shitty company, there's loads of fantastic and better alternatives to their products these days.
OR3X@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s a work laptop. My personal stuff is running FOSS.
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is there an actual decent alternative that does digital signatures with CACs that doesn’t also require a costly subscription?
Natanael@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
…qoppa.com/signing-pdfs-with-cac-under-linux/
Does any of that work?
haulyard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Have a recommendation for replacing Lightroom? Having a hard time finding an good alternative photo catalog mgmt solution.
foofiepie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Replying in the hope you get a solid answer to this. I need a good photo workflow tool and would like it to be FOSS.
DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Darktable (or the fork Ansel) or Rawtherapee and Digikam should get you where you need to be.
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Not really my kind of thing, so I don't. While adobe is a pile of shit, they do admittedly have some good software under all the extra shit piled on top and their suite is a lot larger than I remember these days!