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Originally Posted by igorsk
I wonder why don't they release an SDK then so that we can add the missing formats? Oh well, I guess we'll have to do it the hard way...
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I guess, they feel that releasing the SDK would hurt their profits. And they are interested in making money in the business of selling content. The Mobi application for PRS would take this part of business away from Sony and give it Amazon. I don't think Sony would like that.
On the other hand, the amateur or user-written applications Sony may not have so much trouble with. Like an FB2 reader might not bother them too much since they don't perceive the FB2-based libraries as a threat to their business.
So, Sony may make it relatively easy for users to add their own applications (based on hacks), but make it legally difficult for the
competitors to put their applications on the Readers.