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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/abijith/statuses/114090396109772491">Abijith Balaji (abijith@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 18:32:46 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@abijith" title="abijith@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/331981-48-20250302093246.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Abijith Balaji" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Abijith Balaji</a><div><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/331983" title="metamonkeystv@mastodon.social">Meta Monkeys</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p>📢 PDFs are an open standard, yet many still rely on proprietary tools.</p><p>- Are FOSS PDF tools like Stirling PDF, Paperless-ngx, and LibreOffice Draw viable alternatives?<br>- Is vendor lock-in keeping users stuck in proprietary ecosystems?<br>- How do we improve open-source PDF workflows?</p><p>I explored this in my latest article. <br>📖 Read here: <a href="https://medium.com/@abijithbalaji/adobes-monopoly-on-pdfs-the-innovation-bottleneck-and-the-need-for-open-source-alternatives-f09aeda99de0" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@abijithbalaji/adobes-monopoly-on-pdfs-the-innovation-bottleneck-and-the-need-for-open-source-alternatives-f09aeda99de0</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Vijayvaradharaj">@Vijayvaradharaj</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@metamonkeystv">@metamonkeystv</a> <a href="https://threads.net/@templemonkeys/">@templemonkeys</a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pdf" rel="tag">#pdf</a>  <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreOffice" rel="tag">#LibreOffice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosted" rel="tag">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" rel="tag">#Privacy</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4659536#notice-9121250">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-02T18:32:46+09:00" title="Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 18:32:46 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@abijith/114090396109772491" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@abijith/114090396109772491">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: miro.medium.com</div><h5><a href="https://medium.com/@abijithbalaji/adobes-monopoly-on-pdfs-the-innovation-bottleneck-and-the-need-for-open-source-alternatives-f09aeda99de0@Vijayvaradharaj">Medium</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Abijith Balaji (abijith@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 18:32:46 JSTAbijith Balaji
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- Meta Monkeys
📢 PDFs are an open standard, yet many still rely on proprietary tools.
- Are FOSS PDF tools like Stirling PDF, Paperless-ngx, and LibreOffice Draw viable alternatives?
- Is vendor lock-in keeping users stuck in proprietary ecosystems?
- How do we improve open-source PDF workflows?
I explored this in my latest article.
📖 Read here: https://medium.com/@abijithbalaji/adobes-monopoly-on-pdfs-the-innovation-bottleneck-and-the-need-for-open-source-alternatives-f09aeda99de0
@Vijayvaradharaj @metamonkeystv @templemonkeys
#FOSS #Linux #pdf #LibreOffice #SelfHosted #Privacy
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