ELI5: why is PDF such a widespread text format, instead of a format that's actually easier to edit?

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  • OCRmyPDF

    OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched

    • ocrmypdf is nice for stuff like that.

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