Dear Adobe Acrobat Product Team,
I am writing to flag a usability regression in the current macOS version of Adobe Acrobat Pro.
In previous versions of Acrobat, users could set the Selection (cursor) tool as the default on opening PDFs via the “Always use the Selection Tool” preference. In the latest macOS releases, this option appears to have been removed entirely, with Acrobat now defaulting to the Hand Tool and repeatedly reverting to it during normal document navigation.
For users who work extensively with text—particularly legal, academic, and professional users—this materially degrades workflow efficiency. Selecting, copying, annotating, and marking up text now requires repeated manual intervention or keyboard shortcuts, despite the user explicitly preferring the Selection Tool.

This change appears to be a regression rather than a redesign, as:
The functionality still exists on other platforms / older versions.
No equivalent replacement setting has been provided.
The behavior contradicts long-standing professional usage patterns.
I would strongly encourage Adobe to:
Restore the “Always use the Selection Tool” option on macOS, or
Provide an equivalent preference allowing users to define their default tool on document open.
Thank you for your attention. I would appreciate confirmation as to whether this change is intentional and whether a fix or enhancement is planned.
Kind regards,