Why Adobe Is An Unethical Business, The Path To The 1-person $1B company, And The Right Philosophy With AI

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In episode #2932, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the ethical concerns surrounding Adobe's business practices, the role of AI in research and consumer behavior, and the future of one-person teams. They also discussed how AI can be used to enhance decision-making and efficiency, particularly in financial analysis. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES (00:00) Adobe's Ethical Dilemma (02:57) The Role of AI in Research (06:04) The Future of One-Person Teams (08:56) AI as a Second Brain (11:56) The Evolution of Consumer Behavior (15:09) AI in Financial Analysis Prefer single topic episodes? Head over to our YouTube channel. To suggest a topic, go to https://www.marketingschool.io. For more content from Eric and Neil, check out Eric’s Leveling Up with Eric Siu YouTube channel and Neil’s Neil Patel YouTube channel. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric's ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel, @ericosiu Instagram @neilpatel, @ericosiu Drop Us a Review If You Enjoyed the Episode!

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0:00.0	I found this tweet the other day. I will be the main driver of this one.
0:04.0	So Adobe seems like they're an unethical company. Let me tell you why. You don't have to react to this at all.
0:10.0	So I'll plead the fifth on this one, but you can keep going.
0:13.0	So Levels tweeted this. Out of principle, I never use Adobe products anymore.
0:16.0	I think Adobe is an extortionary and evil company destroyed their great reputation.
0:20.0	I've been using PhotoP as my main image editor for years now.
0:24.6	Final Cut Pro for videos.
0:25.7	Okay.
0:26.1	So someone tweeted as Tetsua.
0:28.8	Adobe, F you, you snakes.
0:30.7	Who charges people for canceling a subscription?
0:33.1	So I'm looking at this right now.
0:35.0	It says early cancellation fee.
0:39.7	CAD, $51.98. There will be a calculated fee charged to your MasterCard.
0:43.0	And then, Naval, Ravacant responds.
0:44.5	He says, historically, Adobe products insist on hijacking your computer at the lowest level
0:48.9	possible.
0:49.9	I treat them as malware.
0:51.2	And that's exactly how I felt about it before when I couldn't cancel out of
0:55.8	my Adobe Acrobat Pro or whatever. What the hell is going on here, man? And I think this is
1:02.4	negative marketing when you have a Naval Ravikant tweet this. And then this tweet got 800,000 views
1:07.4	or so. And then Naval added another 158K on top of it.
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