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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.