I'm curious, what exactly are the ramifications of this "contract law" in the context of Adobe subscriptions? Adobe will sue you? Are they suing large amounts of customers?
The risk-reward here is out of balance for SMB, so while we could just not pay it was more headache not to. Here is hoping for some class action. Perhaps small claims but its pretty frustrating that a company as large as Adobe has this in place.
Gym memberships, cell phone plans, utility bills, unpaid parking tickets, etc. will all report to your credit report if you miss payments. Debt, not just credit cards. A delinquent account on your account will drop it by 100-150 points immediately.
The information you provide with payment - name and address - is sufficient to add a delinquent account to your credit report, which will immediately tank it. Again, SSN is not necessary for this.