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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole
@Crowl, I would assume you are kidding, as Apple iDevices are way more open than Sony....  Yes Sony finally went to ePub, but ADE is hardly the standard DRM. Amazon, B&N, eReader, Fixtionwisem iBooks all use other DRM schemes. IBooks is ePub format (I have never bought an iBook, but from what I have seen they are ePub) and reads any non DRM ePub book. Apple allows all their competiors in the eBook world to have reading apps on all the mobile iDevices. They are the ONLY eBook company that does. Last time I checked you can't read a Kindle book on a PRS 300, play a Xbox game on a PS3, or a NDS game on a PS Portable..... |
As far as ADE not being the standard drm for epub, that is a highly disingenuous claim to make because the simple fact of the matter is that before B&N and then Apple decided to be annoying, it was the only drm being used with epub.
As far as allowing all their competitors in the ebooks world, try telling that to the dozens of online bookstores who were happily selling to the entire non-kindle market until that fragmentation happened or try telling it to the people with extensive collections of books in epub format that would be useless as far as an ipad was concerned and before somebody suggests it, removing the drm is not be a realistic option for some people.
The B&N situation is not quite so bad as they seem willing to work with adobe so devices can support both versions of drm, but apple's decision to go with a drm system that can only be read on their hardware and to have no support at all for the established standard drm is a horrible decision for both consumers and the ebook market as a whole that already suffers enough from multiple formats, drm and geographical restrictions without needlessly adding more problems.