Thread: Axis 360 now enforcing the use of their app for e-book reading
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Old 09-08-2015, 02:10 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
The ones who should be worried are Adobe. At one time they were the leader with all of the major e-book lending platforms (OverDrive, 3M, Axis 360, and Freading) using them. The recently introduced e-book lending platforms (Scribd, Oyster and Hoopla) have all gone with proprietary apps instead. Now Axis 360 may have dropped Adobe. Their high price and known vulnerabilities may be costing them business.
Are we certain Adobe isn't still providing the DRM for many of these proprietary apps? They've long had the ability to apply encryption based on a vendor ID rather than a user ID.
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