Ask HN: Why is Adobe Reader so bloated? What are the POs in Adobe even thinking?

8 pointsalg0rith6y ago2 comments

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The PDF specification is 971 pages long, and most readers support only a small fraction of it, while Adobe supports all of it.

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8 pointsalg0rith6y ago2 comments

The PDF specification is 971 pages long, and most readers support only a small fraction of it, while Adobe supports all of it.

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