PLOS One template failing

[pachadotdev]

this line https://github.com/quarto-journals/plos/blob/main/_extensions/plos/_preamble.tex#L19

creates this error with TinyTex 2024.10 installed with quarto install tinytex

Package microtype Error: Disabling ligatures of a font is only possible
(microtype)                with pdftex version 1.30 or newer.
(microtype)                Ignoring \DisableLigatures.

See the microtype package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.

commenting it works