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use the Application Services in a manner that overburdens, or that threatens the integrity, performance, or availability of, the Application Services
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"artificially manipulate or disrupt the Services and Software (such as manipulating appreciations on Behance or driving users to third-party sites).Excerpt from Adobe's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “artificially manipulate or disrupt the Services and Software (such as manipulating appreciations on Behance or driving users to third-party sites).”
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