Wait a moment and let's slow down a bit. Let's think about this. You ought to consider taking steps to protecting your PDFs, and here's a few reasons for you to use PDF protection.
To begin with, for the "positive " aspect, I would point out that protecting PDF documents permits you to control and track who is reading your electronic content. All right, I acknowledge your doubts for the "negative" side, and I agree that you have a genuine point when you point out that PDF protection can pose huge difficulties for readers if it hinders their ability to gain access to the document. However I would like to additionally mention that PDF protection doesn't have to do that - it can be seamless for readers to gain access to content while enabling you to take control of your PDF document.
Second, you should consider whether you might be losing revenue from unauthorized distribution of electronic content, or having proprietary information leaked to unauthorized sources. Likewise, In the event you publish proprietary information electronically, then you definitely must also make sure that only authorized readers can access that content. And in addition, you need to make it easy for those authorized readers to access your protected PDF.
Third, when you are investing the resources to publish and distribute PDF documents, you need to be able to monitor just who is reading your content. Which will determine whether or not you have a problem with unauthorized distribution of your PDF content. Additionally, you can then implement a suitable degree of protection to prevent additional misuse of your PDF documents.
Just think about it. Maybe you truly should be using PDF protection.