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by detaro 3447 days ago
in addition to what others have said: teamwork. Coordinating a group working on Powerpoint slides is quite annoying, text-based formats are a lot easier to manage and merge, especially for technical folk familiar with git & co. Google Slides is the only GUI variant I know that deals with this by syncing changes immediately, and it has other weaknesses.