Acrobat Reader DC and Adobe Acrobat XI

My PC automagically updated my Acrobat reader to the new piece of junk they call "Acrobat Reader DC"
It is absolutely useless!
It will not allow to keep the "tools" panel out of view - I have to get rid of it every time a view a document.
It does not allow me to use the installed features of the Adobe Acrobat XI I have installed.
It constantly asks my to sign up to the cloud to do anything Which I do NOT want at all PERIOD.
Then it took me over three hours to find a copy of the original Acrobat Reader 11 with updates to the version previous to this POS.
Is Adobe trying to get rid of customers and go out of business?

Hi Richard,
There are few workarounds here: how to get rid of the right side panel in adobe reader (Acrobat Reader)
to disable the tools pane.
Regarding prompt for cloud storage if you click on the 'x' button then it will not prompt again.
You can also turn off the following from the preferences:
Edit> Preferences> General>
Uncheck the following:
Show online storage when saving the files
Show online storage when opening the files
Show me messages when I launch Acrobat DC
Regards,
Rave

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