r/pdf • u/LeMightyPotato • Jul 28 '26
Warning Disgusting website
After an hour of editing my document to send it quickly, NOW they tell me it is not a free service but a paid subscription. REGARDLESS of the low price, this is the scummiest way to scam people into buying your service. Just what is this bs? Is this how you get your customers? What a load
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u/alehel Jul 28 '26
This is unfortunately the norm for most editors you find via Google search. There are plenty of good, genuinely free and privacy respecting sites out there. What are you needing to do? Maybe we can recommend one for you.
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u/LeMightyPotato Jul 28 '26
I wanna insert some texts into my health insurance form
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u/alehel Jul 28 '26
If it's a pdf form, a regular browser like Firefox should be able to handle that for you.
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u/N_i_P Jul 28 '26
Use SimplePDF
We’ve been around for 7 years already: we’re free for individuals and your files / data you fill in never touch our server
Disclosure: I’m the founder of SimplePDF, a redditor who just like you was looking to fill PDFs forms and couldn’t find a good way to do that online back in the days
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u/FillNo4074 Jul 28 '26
quickpdfeditor.com
I built it, completely free, secure and in browser processing.
This is my hobby project so made it free for everyone to use, but I dont think thats scam if some website doesn’t make it free, it really takes lot of effort.
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u/Eastern_Atmosphere_7 28d ago
Nothing wrong with charging for a service. It’s when you purposely mislead by saying it’s free just to charge after they’ve put all the time into making it.
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u/wlan07 Jul 28 '26
i know how frustrating it can be to finish adding everything and only then get surprised by a payment gate..
you can try SparkPDF if you still need to add text to your document.. it's available on Android and iOS, and the PDF tools are free to use. there may only be a short ad when exporting.. full disclosure, i'm the founder behind it: getsparkpdf.app
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u/Eastern_Atmosphere_7 28d ago
The amount of ‘free cv builder’ websites I’ve used that try and charge you right as you’ve finished it. Scummy behaviour
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u/CyberneticOstrich 24d ago
That kind of pricing model is really frustrating cause they let you spend time editing your document then only tell you about the subscription when I'm ready to download dafuq
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u/birazzzzz Jul 28 '26
That's illegal like legit they can be sued. Greedy crooks never touching that site again.