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by tga 2715 days ago
How about because it directly works on all platforms, mobile + desktop?

Also it looks like it's the platform the author was most proficient in, which is always a good reason when choosing your stack.

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An RTF document would be more portable, surely?
Definitely, only with less functionality and not as pretty.
Works on all platforms except Windows Phone/Windows 10S apparently, because it's completely broken on Edge.