No, no - they’re not raising the price; they’re rebalancing it to reflect the value it delivers!!1!

And since they’ve reduced the free version functionality significantly, I believe I’m due a substantial rebate.

does it mean it won’t ask all the others and just assume they want to?

You’re close. It won’t ask non EEA users, but it will require they do so, much like Apple requires that you either have or create an account to use there products. There is no want/do-not-want, only mandatory participation in information collection and their push marketing channel.

Except for you Adobe. That’s a cost issue.

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