The other day I attempted to use my bought-and-paid-for Adobe Acrobat. Imagine my surprise when I found that, with no warning, it had taken itself online -- acrobat.com or somesuch. Oh, well, all I had to do was install an update. Of course, the update didn't work. Research on forums and message boards indicated that I needed to uninstall Adobe AIR (whatever that is!). Duly uninstalled. However, now when I try to install the update that will apparently allow me to use Acrobat, it tells me I need AIR!!! So now I have another piece of expensive Adobe junk to join my early (but very satisfactory) version of Photoshop. And then today I get the email blast encouraging me to buy Adobe products to make my 2014 easier. Really?
I'm going with freeware for PDFs and anyone else's photo editing software.