If you're interested, I can also show you for even better, more granular control over Adobe's internet access, or where to find the specific Adobe background processes that need to be disabled.
Try to ping a blocked domain: ping activate.adobe.com hosts file entries to block adobe activation mac better
: Use the arrow keys to scroll to the bottom of the file and paste the list above. If you're interested, I can also show you
Most tutorials fail because they only block IPv4. Modern macOS and Adobe clients default to IPv6 if available. If your Mac has IPv6 enabled (which it does by default), Adobe will use ::1 to bypass your 127.0.0.1 blocks. Modern macOS and Adobe clients default to IPv6 if available
ping activate.adobe.com
On Windows, you use ipconfig /flushdns . On Mac, the process varies by OS version. If you don't flush, macOS will use cached bad routes for up to 24 hours.