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Re:Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor by souvlakee on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:29PM (#47556643)
>This will use 1 of your free monthly downloads. You have 3 remaining.

If this is in [my] browser, why should I pay?

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Re:Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor by philjohnson on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:40PM (#47556731)
If I go to the grocery store and I grab bananas off the shelf, they're already in my hand, so why should I pay?
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Re:Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor by hackernewds on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:37PM (#47556710)
you should pay because you did not build it. same as how you pay for a burger that digests in your intestines
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Re:Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor by colesantiago on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:45PM (#47556783)
souvlakee should vibe code his own clone of BreezePDF and perhaps open source it for the community for free.

Problem solved.

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Re:Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor by jaccola on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:33PM (#47556677)
People regularly pay for software that runs on their machine.
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