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The corpo jargon has gotten to you! "Access" doesn't mean "the app accesses a file on your computer." It means the company has access to your data. You would be forgiven for thinking this, as I assume it was their intent that you be confused.

The phrase refers to 2.2 "Our Access to Your Content" - https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html

Anyway, I have utmost faith that an app can open and edit files without calling home.



I'd disagree and say the ToS is written broadly enough that opening a file on your computer is covered.


I... yes? I'm sure their ToS covers opening a file. That page is not talking about filesystem access, however.


I left a comment in response to a person mocking a use case regarding thumbnail creation, not the content in the page.




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