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Originally Posted by egarbacz
Check out the post from the Bluefire team: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=524
It seems like even their business plan isn't working for iOS. I understand it is tough for small businesses to succeed but with Apple stacking the deck against them makes it impossible and will kill innovation for ebook reading on the iOS platform. |
At least Bluefire (and its BAM clone) will continue to work as-is, even if it is pushed out of the App Store. Not so with iFlow Reader, since it can only download content from the iFlowreader web site, which will be going off line.
As far as other apps that support Adobe DRM on iOS, there is txtr (and its clones). txtr also makes an Android app so even if it is removed from iTunes, it should continue to work since their web site will still be there. I don't remember if it supports library DRM, however, and my instance of it has forgotten my Adobe ID credentials, as have I, so I can't check this until I am back home where I have it written down.
Note that the Nook, Kobo/Borders and Google Books apps do not actually use Adobe RMSDK, so side-loading (possible only with Kobo) of Adobe DRM books will not work. Overdrive app DOES use RMSDK, but doesn't allow side loading. So Bluefire and txtr are the only options, and they might leave iTunes App Store.
The Bluefire-powered BAM app might persist, since it could theoretically survive without a direct Store link (Books-A-Million is the 3rd largest book retailer in the US and might be able to justify providing a free app just for the brand exposure).
So if you have a collection of Adobe DRM books that you want to read on iOS, download these apps before they go away!