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> The problem is that programs that produce PDFs are often designed just to make the PDF look correct, without any care for semantics. When the alternative is
by selfhoster11 5y ago
> The problem is that programs that produce PDFs are often designed just to make the PDF look correct, without any care for semantics.
When the alternative is that they don't offer a non-proprietary export format at all, I'll take it. Even a poor PDF output is better for data portability than having your data forever trapped in a proprietary platform that can disappear or get discontinued at any time without a migration path.