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So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem. (images4.imagebam.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until Adobe, and therefore my job, required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn't the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't get why PDFs are so hard to open. The format has been around for ever. Why does Adobe have such a grasp on it, and why isn't it as common to open as a txt?

There are free programs that'll open it, but it's few and far between. It's a pain in the ass to find one.

Edit.
I looked it up. Adobe created PDF, but:

Anyone may create applications that can read and write PDF files without having to pay royalties to Adobe Systems; Adobe holds patents to PDF, but licenses them for royalty-free use in developing software complying with its PDF specification.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@WarmSoda @Wojtek Foxit pdf reader's not bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does it still look like it comes from 2005?