cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

    • ඞmir
      17•1 year ago

      Something with trying to claim they own PDFs and Photoshop I guess

      • wvstolzing
        15•1 year ago

        The pdf standard is open, though criminally bloated. Their pdf software (‘pro’ as well as the freemium ‘reader’ which looks like adware nowadays) is used only because it’s the most lenient with respect to files barely complying with the ‘standard’ – which includes things like application forms from government agencies.

        … that is, if they can be said to ‘own’ the pdf format, it’s only because they smeared it all over with their shit. A bit like how hippos mark their territory, I guess.

        • wanderingmagus
          5•1 year ago

          Is there a FOSS/free PDF program that will let me fill in and digitally sign/encrypt a pdf?

            • wanderingmagus
              4•1 year ago

              Thanks! I’ll look it up and try it out. Getting real tired of having to use shady web apps to get around something I have to do regularly as part of my job but for some unfathomable reason isn’t a default app on every computer where I work.