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> Users who want more advanced digital document features — such as the ability to edit text and images, convert PDFs to other file formats, and combine files —
by sigwinch28 4y ago
> Users who want more advanced digital document features — such as the ability to edit text and images, convert PDFs to other file formats, and combine files — can purchase an Acrobat subscription that enables access to these features anywhere, including directly inside Microsoft Edge via an extension.
Or, more plainly: "we're putting more shareware in your operating system via the preinstalled browser"
- netsharc 4y agoUp next, Edge App Store. Huh, wait, remember Chrome App Stores where they had paid browser extensions? Or is that still there and I just haven't been paying attention?
- tech234a 4y agoGone for at least two years now [1]. [1]: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/cws-payments-deprecation/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/cws-payments-depr...
- donmcronald 4y agoRecently I opened a government document in Acrobat Reader and was told I needed a paid version to edit it. I assumed it was a permission issue and whoever created the doc made a mistake, but now I wonder if they're going to rug pull PDF editing and sell it back to us as a subscription. Governments should be preemptively mandating a ban on PDFs if there's even a hint of anyone making moves to charge the end-user for document viewing, filling, submitting.
- hulitu 4y agoEditing PDF files with Acrobat was always non free.
- rideontime 4y agoIt’s called “Reader” for a reason.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoBan PDFs?