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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Why Adobe? That's an easy answer. Because of the DRM. Adobe was the one to come up with DRM for ePub.
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The epub spec defines extension points for DRM. Adobe is just one company that implemented a DRM scheme. Apple's another.
As for why Adobe? Because:
- Publishers like DRM
- Writing your own DRM is hard
- Adobe licenses their software (relatively) cheaply
- Thus, Adobe DRM works on many more devices than something like Apple's FairPlay DRM
- Thus, Adobe
As an added bonus, ADEPT DRM is very trivial to crack, making it more acceptable to end users. Meaning people like me are more likely to buy from Adobe-based (Sony, Kobo, etc) or Adobe-like (Nook) sellers than non-Adobe-based sellers (aka, Apple) because it's trivial to liberate any DRMed purchases.