Aside, but not unrelated, it's become really fucking obnoxious how "use Adobe Acrobat to read a PDF" has now become a process where I have to close like four boxes and pop-ups trying to get me to use AI to read a document
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Honestly I *never* use acrobat.
aug 29, 2025, 2:47 am • 4 0 • view
I don't have a choice because it's the only PDF reader that actually loads all comments correctly and doesn't just create empty text boxes instead of displaying vital information. Might have to do with that feature still being sort of proprietary to Adobe.
aug 29, 2025, 10:04 am • 1 0 • view
Every pdf I open I say a quiet "thank you" to adobe for never supporting linux with that abomination.
aug 29, 2025, 8:15 am • 1 0 • view
They think AI can help, but I don't need or want any help. There should be settings on these things for 'I've been doing this for years so just let me get on with it'. I need a typewriter, a big table and email. I can colour code it myself!
aug 29, 2025, 9:50 am • 0 0 • view
Acrobat is a pile of shit, I'm a graphic design teacher and I literally never use it except to sign docs and encourage my students not to either. Its only value is signing digital docs.
aug 29, 2025, 4:10 am • 2 0 • view
Why is clippy telling me to angle the razor vertically for best results and take several aspirin beforehand
aug 29, 2025, 2:47 am • 7 1 • view
Zathura
aug 29, 2025, 2:51 am • 0 0 • view
We are in the bag fumbling era. So many companies killing the golden goose for no reason other than greed and hubris. I don't even have to switch to a competitor, I just haven't stopped using Office 2016 and Adobe CS6
aug 29, 2025, 5:03 am • 3 0 • view
And Ctrl-F takes AGES as the background AI scanning processes happen whether you want them to or not.
aug 29, 2025, 3:17 am • 0 0 • view
I started using a different PDF reader some time ago because Adobe Reader was *too slow*. No reason for a near universal document format to take that long to open, and then ask if I want to subscribe to something.
aug 29, 2025, 2:31 pm • 1 0 • view
unironically Firefox's PDF reader is the least worst I've found on desktop for regular reading + some form-filling if you're on Chrome or similar there's an extension that ports it over as well: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pdf-v...
aug 29, 2025, 3:18 am • 0 0 • view
So f Adobe, there are alternatives
aug 29, 2025, 12:58 pm • 0 0 • view
You don't have to use acrobat. There are some good free solutions and some good commercial solutions as well.
aug 29, 2025, 3:16 am • 1 0 • view
For that matter, most browsers can read PDF files these days.
aug 29, 2025, 3:16 am • 2 0 • view
Try Foxit Reader.
aug 29, 2025, 4:04 am • 1 0 • view
For funsies, try opening task manager sometime and seeing how many background programs Adobe has going on while you use Acrobat. Invasive f*cking bloatware.
aug 29, 2025, 4:16 am • 1 0 • view
Not angry at you, btw. So very deeply angry at Adobe and at the fact that it's industry standard for my job so I'll never be free of them.
aug 29, 2025, 4:16 am • 0 0 • view
and I defaulted to opening PDFs on microsoft edge. it's cleaner, simpler and feels less intrusive
aug 29, 2025, 2:38 am • 7 0 • view