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Originally Posted by DNSB
Quite a few of these look okay on my Kobo simply renamed to .kepub.epub to use the ACCESS renderer, others don't but virtually all look like a dog's breakfast when using the RMSDK renderer.
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It seems to me Kobo may be starting to try to link format and rendering with the store/distribution methodology/DRM strategy.
Assuming you can read the epub version header and invoke the right render engine, why would you need a special semi-proprietary format?
Just to avoid licensing Adobe DRM technology?
"you can't download" seems to me to be purely a vertical lock-in strategy to link reader device to store in a closed ecosystem.
If I wanted technology and ecosystem lock in, I would have bought an Apple product. Or a Kindle.