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Scribd is a parasite. EDIT: oh look, the document is viewable again. I'm guessing someone paid scribd their ransom fee.
by guelo 13y ago
Scribd is a parasite.
EDIT: oh look, the document is viewable again. I'm guessing someone paid scribd their ransom fee.
- kefka 13y agoWell, yeah. They are. They are also really good at book warez. And all you need "feed" them is a PDF that's full of garbage text and a few images. Uniquely generated from LibreOffice and wikipedia.
- coldpie 13y agoI love requiring javascript to view text. The mind spins.
- sp332 13y agoIt's till better than needing a plugin or stand-alone app to read text in the original PDF format.
- kyrias 13y agoThey could at least give you the choice, especially now that ~60% of web users use a web browser with a built in PDF viewer and I'd bet that a large part of the remaining 40% already have a PDF viewer with a browser plugin installed.