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ChristopherTD · 12-23-2011, 03:21 AM

I have opened a ticket with Kobo - and await their response. So far their advice has been to use their app (which I don't care to do, for many reasons). It is being escalated beyond their first and second tier of support operatives.

We shall see what happens. If this is their way forward though, then they have lost my custom. I don't want books tied to a vendor by software/CSS lock in. That is worse than DRM. Far worse than DRM. Most DRM is a wrapper that doesn't affect the content, only access to the content. This is akin to a music vendor introducing noise into a MP3 file that only their app strips out. Pollution of the content. Nasty.

Pretty disappointing really.

12-23-2011, 03:21 AM	#11
ChristopherTD Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1010002 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London. UK Device: Marvin Reader on iPad Air (via Calibre)	I have opened a ticket with Kobo - and await their response. So far their advice has been to use their app (which I don't care to do, for many reasons). It is being escalated beyond their first and second tier of support operatives. We shall see what happens. If this is their way forward though, then they have lost my custom. I don't want books tied to a vendor by software/CSS lock in. That is worse than DRM. Far worse than DRM. Most DRM is a wrapper that doesn't affect the content, only access to the content. This is akin to a music vendor introducing noise into a MP3 file that only their app strips out. Pollution of the content. Nasty. Pretty disappointing really. Last edited by ChristopherTD; 12-23-2011 at 03:29 AM.