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The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years

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Re: The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years

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Post by iJohnDoe »

scrumper wrote: post #7

I was pretty shocked by this. I recently bought an old PC laptop to use in my workshop, to run some engine diagnostic software and machine control stuff that doesn't work on Mac. Of course one of the first things it needed was some PDF reading tool so I went for Reader, figuring Adobe's tool would be the least scummy. Installed it and suddenly I was getting McAfee popups? God knows what else it installed along with i…

All browsers open PDF files really well and sometimes better than Acrobat. Just need Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.

Re: The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years

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Post by on_the_train »

patcon wrote: post #9
on_the_train wrote: post #6

Log y axis is certainly a choice for comparing two linear quantities

doesn't it looking straight (ish) on a log axis mean it's an exponential relationship, not linear?

The quantity (file size) is a linear one

Re: The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years

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Post by kelsey98765431 »

IshKebab wrote: post #14

> for anyone sane would install it via scoop anyway The lack of awareness here is mind-blowing. Good post otherwise. Great graph.

I am not super familiar with the windows ecosystem but my understanding is that scoop is a package manager similar to choco or nuget correct? is scoop seen as bloated? thanks
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