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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Kobo's not the only outfit looking for ways to minimize their dependence on Adobe.
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Yeah, but once Kobo does THAT, then the 2nd shoe to drop is Kobo changing its own DRM. I think the takeaway for people who want to read freely is that our options are dwindling. I detect in the thread "sighs of relief" that there are still stores out there with easily crackable proprietary schemes, but they're only crackable because canned solutions exist, created by smart people working hard. There's nothing stopping a Kobo or B&N from muscling up their own DRM and creating a dry spell for readers.
Once any store "goes it alone" and rolls their own without Adobe, you're only reading until THEIR next software upgrade.
(FWIW, once my OverDrive-driven library adopts the mandatory new Adobe snake oil, that's a book source that's cut off to me until a new solution is found. If that could be as early as next month... yikes. I hope the people who have the books on my hold list are fast readers.
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