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rfdavid t1_iwjyi6y wrote

Reply to comment by AtraMikaDelia in Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books - Internet Archive Blogs by koavf

In 10 years .txt files will be readable by literally anything with a power cord. Toasters, thermostats, etc.

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AtraMikaDelia t1_iwjyohz wrote

And in 15 those things will probably be capable of reading a PDF. What's your point?

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nemothorx t1_iwkj9gw wrote

You clearly have no concept of embedded operating systems in general. Most can read txt trivially (often in the form of config files and the like) but have no need to understand pdf.

Fact is, PDF is orders of magnitude more complex than txt and needs similarly more complex specialised tools to understand it. That complexity is the problem that makes it inferior.

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