Adobe’s Monopoly on PDFs: The Innovation Bottleneck and the Need for Open-Source Alternatives

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Firefox PDF Viewer (PDF.js)

While projects like PDF.js, PDFium, and Scribus provide alternatives, they lack key features such as advanced text editing, OCR, and form filling. The challenge lies in funding — without dedicated support, open-source projects struggle to compete with Adobe’s multi-billion-dollar resources. To foster a competitive landscape, businesses and governments must invest in robust open-source PDF development, just as they do with Linux and LibreOffice.

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iTextPDF

Some open-source PDF tools, like iText and Ghostscript, have restrictive licenses, making them impractical for commercial use.

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