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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Yes.
Is this new to you?
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No, it's not new to me. I intended it to be quite sarcastic (Adobe controlling EPUB and its main form of DRM, while the company itself basically does NOTHING with regard to e-books. They don't have a store, and they are not a publisher.)
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
So Adobe can push everybody else around at will and lately they have started pushing the publishers around with impunity.
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The European Union is so very good at looking into companies and ordering Microsoft to remove Windows Media Player from Windows, and provide a Browser Choice screen nobody wants or needs; maybe they should look into Adobe. It's ridiculous that a company that does not publish or sells e-books has so much power to control the format.
Yes, Amazon controls their format too, but they at least publish and sell e-books and readers. If you buy at Amazon, you know that they control the format, the DRM and the e-reader. If you buy at Kobo, you don't know that Adobe is the one controlling the DRM scheme and the format, unless you feel inclined to look into it.