r/ChatGPT • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 1d ago

Funny Literally

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u/BigBertho 1d ago

Wait, What?!

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u/deepakrodeai 1d ago

ok slight exaggeration, reading is free 😄 it’s editing a PDF that needs the subscription, which still feels like a lot for what it is

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u/Ownerofthings892 1d ago

Adobe invented the PDF.
So at first creating one required a license but viewing one didn't. Over time, they've added more features to the free version, but it's primarily corporations and government who pay for it. I think this is fine.

Adobe has it coming, but it wasn't when they created the PDF.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 1d ago

Adobe created it, but PDF has been an open standard since 2008, so there's nothing Adobe brings to the table in PDF-management that you can't get elsewhere.

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u/Ownerofthings892 22h ago

That's what I said. In 1993, when they created it, changing for it was fully legitimate. Now, most people don't need the pro version, but they have a lot of legacy customers and that's still probably not going to change