[hfkwer]

Not sure why you're being sarcastic. PDF is terrible for anything other than printing documents.

[kaba0]

It is perfect for its job, and nothing else comes even close to it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36948776

[esalman]

Yet they persist. So does latex, even in 2023. There is intrinsic value in both that OP does not want to acknowledge.

[hfkwer]

And mp3 persists despite being inferior to any alternative. The reason isn't intrinsic value, it's inertia.