IMHO, I would think this was theft (stealing functionality long since paid for)
and possibly extortion, maybe even a form of ransomware (pay up for a new
product or you can't use aspects of what you've already purchased). I agree
that abandoning support is one thing. But this is a whole 'nother
Tammy, our company has had it with Adobe. Except for Acrobat (for which we
succumbed and paid their subscription fee), we have pretty much dumped Adobe
products. Sadly, we have also relegated FrameMaker to "use only if you must."
We stopped upgrading after FM12, which I continue to use when