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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Apologies if I missed a post where this was already mentioned, but in this article, the blogger says that this version of DRM is just a stop-gap to Adobe's goal to convert to an "always-on" scheme that will require the device to be connected to the internet at all times. |
Hm... Haven't I been screaming "They will stream! They will stream!" for about 2 years now? Requiring a permanent internet connection for authentication is as 'good' as streaming.
If this is going to happen, I'll never buy an EPUB again. Then I'll get everything at Amazon and conver/extract their AZW3 to EPUB. If even that fails, I'll turn away from any mainstream writing forever.
By the way: They say Kobo uses a proprietary DRM, different from that of Adobe. AFAIK, that's only true for KEPUB. Can KEPUB be alfed? Can KEPUB be converted to EPUB reliably? Is it possible to do this when downloading using the Kobo application, or do you need to have a Kobo device to get the KEPUB from?
I think it is BAD when normal people need to resort to asking these questions, just to make sure that their books are readable and STAY readable. As usual, the fracking real pirates have no problems whatsoever.