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Originally Posted by Synamon
Wow. That's mindboggling. Goodbye Nook.
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Wow, indeed. What's insane is that with so many discussions about the various awful things ebook vendors
could do, the one that can least afford to lose customers is the one that did it - changed their service so that content can no longer be used in the same context under which said content was purchased.
I strongly suspect that this move is for the same reason I suspect Kobo is going to kepub - data tracking. The best thing about epub with ADE DRM (and previously B&N DRM) is that you ended up with a file authorized for your account, and it would work on any device you authorized with your account. Everything was done on the front end - there was no additional handshake or connection required after the initial file retrieval, the file was portable between authorized devices and the retailer (and Adobe) had no further hand in it.
Of course, the problem with that is it leaves no precious tracking data.
(insert several choice words here, most of them not suitable for this forum)