I agree with this article 100%. My latest installs have been on windows and it's the same story. In order to download a product you need to do the following:

1.)Register for Trial

2.)Download installer Software

3.)Download Product (Freeaking HUGE Arse Files 1GB)

4.)Run installer (starts to uncompress the download - takes forever)

5.)Run real installer (again, takes forever)

6.)Jump through tons on splash screen startup nags

7.)Finally get software to start - my computer with dual core processor now crawls to a hault.

8.)Trial expires, but Adobe "auto updater" still thinks I want updates for my expired trial????

9.)Unistall (get coffee and wait 30 minutes - no joke)

FAIL