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Originally Posted by elemenoP
You're right, and that's EXACTLY why B&N does not want their format to work on Kobo readers. You are assuming that the problem lies on Kobo's end: that they don't want to support that format, when I believe the problem lies on B&N's end: they don't want other readers to support their format, so they made it proprietary.
eP
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Umm, no. B&N and Adobe developed this form of DRM to obviate the need for ADE or desktop software to move DRM content to the Nook, not to lock people in (there are dozens of apps and devices that will read B&N DRM content). They wanted a user experience more akin to Kindle, which also does not require desktop software for side-loading, much less creating a user account with a third party.
If Kobo doesn't implement the authentication dialog that would allow B&N content to open on Kobo (and I don't know if they have or not), it is because they don't consider that to be a high priority for their users.
Sony has evidently decided to disallow B&N content on their devices for reasons known only to them. Since PRS-T1, their devices don't even work with ADE. But you still need to authorize with an AdobeID.
To me there's no reason for any vendor to NOT implement the authentication, apart from sheer laziness. And it is not clear why more vendors don't choose to use the 'pass-hash' DRM themselves after all this time. It is more convenient for users, as they are not required to have an Adobe ID and use ADE to side-load content that they have purchased.