That 1 Windows-only program they use is probably not compatible with the next version of Windows too

No it probably is, Microsoft puts a ton of effort into backwards compatibility

Oh man a Chinese-owned company crushed a labor union? Who could’ve seen that coming??

It’s perhaps the most useful $10 I’ve ever spent and I’m frankly surprised this doesn’t exist on other systems

Microsoft powertoys has this feature for free

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/text-extractor