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Firefox has a really nice reader mode, it will soon get a much better PDF viewer and it doesn't come with much bloat. You can also use LibreWolf to fully minimize bloat in Firefox and enjoy the additional privacy benefits.
That's why I switched back to Firefox. In the end, I always switch back to Firefox.
I love your combos in Melee
PDFs in web browsers shouldn't be a thing.
Why not?
If windows had a half decent PDF viewer like every other platform we wouldn't need PDF.js
Security and Resources.
they are yet another attack surface for vulnerabilities. Modern browsers are super heavy on resources. I don't want to open a bloated browser to view a PDF, thanks.