Hello,

I tried checking the forums to see if my idea was presented yet. I did not find it and have scrolled a lot of pages.

So... my feedback is regarding the Adobe Create PDF Group Add-in in MS Office on the Ribbon. The Adobe Group Add-in keeps coming back when I remove it. I have been very thorough in my attempts of removing it, to the point of deleting the registry keys for it several times. I mean like, I kill it hard but it keeps coming back.

Please do not make coding that bypasses the settings we put in. We know what we want or do not want and having features arbitrarily put in place feels violating. If a user removes a feature they do not like, leave it that way, and don't take it personally. It's not that we do not know the feature exists, it's that we do not like it, nor want it in our ribbons.

Reading a lot of the comments, people are mad. I understand. There is no "one way" of pleasing the populations of earth. Diversity is key. As such, software designers need to stop with trying to make a uniform, one-off environment hoping their way changes the world and dominates. Interoperability, dynamic content, and customization by the user are what will sell. Forcing features into our programs after being removed motivate users to look for alternatives.

For the most part, I like Adobe. I have been with Adobe since the early '90s. That is until this recent change of the UI. I find it hard to use and going the way of Microsoft. I implore you, please return to the game changing, alternative, stand by itself, user pleasing company you once were. Adobe made very well written programs once. That part is slipping. I give Adobe 28GB on my hard drive for all the apps I run. For that price of digital real estate, and a premium monthly fee, I want more than slumming it with Microsoft tactics. I want the premium experience back please.

Historically, Adobe rocked because they stood alone. The programs were solid, responsive, and feature rich. At one point I wished Adobe would make an OS because I thought they would do a fine job of it. Not anymore. Adobe is becoming a hack ridden doppelganger of all the other crapapps. Break free Adobe! Be who you were meant to be.

At the least, get your addin out of my MS Word and Excel.

Thank you.