I guess I am a publisher - I make PDF files all the time with my scanner (or ios notes scanner function)
I also love to get .pdf manuals of all the things I buy. I do not want to crawl through someone's website with chat popups and other engagement techniques to find out how to use or fix what I already purchased. Some of them are 40 years old, but as readable as new ones.
I also have lots of things like financial documents I've received that are identical and readable even 20 or more years later.
Although it isn't the cool-thing-of-the-day, I think pdf has its place.
It might be like phone/laptop users vs server users. Most people with a phone or laptop want the new best hot updated thing immediately. The server folks want nothing to change, ever.
I also love to get .pdf manuals of all the things I buy. I do not want to crawl through someone's website with chat popups and other engagement techniques to find out how to use or fix what I already purchased. Some of them are 40 years old, but as readable as new ones.
I also have lots of things like financial documents I've received that are identical and readable even 20 or more years later.
Although it isn't the cool-thing-of-the-day, I think pdf has its place.
It might be like phone/laptop users vs server users. Most people with a phone or laptop want the new best hot updated thing immediately. The server folks want nothing to change, ever.