I didn't "get" PDF's until I started doing academic research.
But the ability to collect papers, books, documents, etc. all in a single format that I can read on any device, and mark up with highlights and notes, has been a game-changer.
Yes it's a lowest-common-denominator format. And it's designed for human reading and manual office tasks, not computer processing of data. But it works. And it's supported everywhere.
Doesn't matter if I'm on the Apple or Google or Microsoft or Adobe stack. Doesn't matter if the PDF is 20 years old. It just works.
But the ability to collect papers, books, documents, etc. all in a single format that I can read on any device, and mark up with highlights and notes, has been a game-changer.
Yes it's a lowest-common-denominator format. And it's designed for human reading and manual office tasks, not computer processing of data. But it works. And it's supported everywhere.
Doesn't matter if I'm on the Apple or Google or Microsoft or Adobe stack. Doesn't matter if the PDF is 20 years old. It just works.