Thread: What would make Kobo surpass Kindle?
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Old 11-22-2017, 07:22 PM   #112
davidfor
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
Not directly, which (of course) was my point. You're stuck with the proprietary Adobe DRM scheme.
You are making a big fuss about the Adobe DRM scheme being proprietary. Yes, it is. But, Adobe is very willing to license it to anyone who wants to pay for it. And lots of companies have taken up that license. Exactly how they use it varies. Kobo only allows sideloading. Sony allowed downloading from libraries and their shop (don't know about other shops). B&N download from their store. I'm sure I have seen that some apps will download the ACSM file and hence the book (don't know for sure as I don't use them).

On the other hand, I have never heard of Amazon allowing any other shops to sell books with their DRM protection scheme (excluding John F's statement). That makes it a much more closed system. And while I don't particularly think much of any of the DRM schemes around, I have a lot less issues with the concept behind Adobe DRM than Amazons scheme.
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