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It costs, I might aswell pay for Acrobat.
What if Foxit works better and costs less?
That’d be interesting but I’m not the right audience.
In which ways is it better than Acrobat?
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Any plans on implementing redaction?
If the background is white, it’s already possible: https://simplepdf.eu/help/faq/how-to-add-background For other colors, it’s in the backlog! (I’d aiming to automatically provide the correct color by inspecting pixels within the area to redact, to make it as simple as possible)
Yeah but hiding the information versus removing it is two different things. By hiding it, the information is still there but hidden.
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#223Are there any plans to offer a CLI, as well?
No there is a API instead, no CLI planned
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#224As long as I can fill in forms and add a signature I'm sold. I loved being able to do this on MacOS but now that I'm on Linux I still haven't found any app that can do this.
I just released a minimal browser-based PDF editor intended for your exact usecase - https://github.com/photown/private-pdf
Let me know what you think!
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#225In case you are looking for a simple entirely in-browser PDF editor, I just released PrivatePDF - https://github.com/photown/private-pdf
It supports basic operations such as filling forms, inserting text, images, etc.
You can test it out with a sample PDF here - https://photown.github.io/private-pdf/?pdf=https://raw.githu...
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The point of the bloat is that web is by far the easiest way to create a cross platform UI. It’s far from ideal but that’s the world we live in.
If it's a question of UI only, Electron would be less bloated than a webserver? Arguably?
In a hypothetical organization where you have hundreds of more users needing to perform these tasks. Is it better to push and maintain software on hundreds of computers, or one server, that is probably multiple use to begin with. Containers are far easier than maintaining software across hundreds of devices.
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> many PDF editors (including the two you mentioned) are full of the most ridiculous pricing shenanigans. What shenanigans? On one computer, we have a 15 year old version of Foxit running as good as new, no further licensing needed.
Pages and pages of dark patterns with the sole purpose of misleading people into buying some "plan" that nobody could possibly want at prices more expensive than the entire Microsoft Office suite.
Could you name a service that does it and give an example?
I see that much more with Adobe than with anyone, fwiw.
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#229Any recommendations for a desktop/cli PDF optimization tool that will reduce the size of a pdf? I've tried few and the best one so far is the one that is included in the subscription version of Adobe Acrobat. But I only need it occasionally and is not worth paying $20/month sub.
Did you already give ghostscript a try?
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Pages and pages of dark patterns with the sole purpose of misleading people into buying some "plan" that nobody could possibly want at prices more expensive than the entire Microsoft Office suite.
Could you name a service that does it and give an example? I see that much more with Adobe than with anyone, fwiw.
The Foxit PDF Editor product page is one example (not the worst by far). It suggests prominently that you have to buy an annual subscription ($109 to $159 p.a unless you can live with the cloud option for $59 p.a). Microsoft Office 365 Personal is $69.99 p.a including 1TB cloud storage.
https://www.foxit.com/pdf-editor/
The one-time license option is hidden away in a product comparison table (and linked to in a few other far less visible places).
Nitro, the other PDF editor you mentioned, appears to offer only a one-off purchase:
https://www.gonitro.com/pricing
But it says "for Windows" and at the top of the page, there's a promotion saying "Get up to 1 year subscription - free when you switch to Nitro". So there is a subscription after all?
If you keep scrolling down to the FAQ and there's a question asking:
"Is Nitro available as a subscription or a one-time purchase?
Nitro Pro, ideal for individuals and small to medium sized teams, is available as an annual subscription."
No mention of a one-time purchase option. So which is it? I'm confused. Is this "one-time purchase" a perpetual license or does it stop working after a year?
These are certainly not the most egregious examples of pricing shenanigans. But given the recent history of companies going subscription-only, this is enough uncertainty for me not to buy.