Google Docs PDF Editor Randomly Ejects Users, Losing Unsaved Work
A user reports being randomly kicked out of Google Docs' PDF text editor, forcing them to redo their work from scratch with no apparent recovery option. This is a vendor-specific reliability bug rather than a broader market opportunity.
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