How come Android doesn't have a built in PDF viewer? - eviltoast

Forgive me for this stupid question. I just transitioned from iPhone to Pixel (GrapheneOS) and I’m curious why there isn’t a built in PDF viewer like on iPhone? It feels like you have to open things externally pretty often, but I figure there’s a reason for that. I haven’t used Android in many years and I recently developed an interest for the technical aspects of things, so again, do forgive this beginners question.

Cheers y’all!

  • mad_asshatter@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It was a long and expensive battle just to keep “pdf” as “open” (lol) as it already is.

    There are a million legacy reasons why Adobe, MS, IBM, Meta, Alphabet, are loathed, but here we are…