Thread: Is the ereader dead?
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Old 02-26-2018, 12:14 AM   #97
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Originally Posted by macminer View Post
That said, I hate Google Books being tied to the ADE system, which on the whole is much more restrictive than the Amazon's one, so whenever there's a choice, I still buy books from Amazon.
Out of curiosity, exactly what do you find to be more restrictive when using Adobe's DRM compared to Amazon's DRM?

I don't use Google Books to any great extent but Adobe's DRM is used by Kobo (for some epub downloads) and the local public library and I personally don't find it any more restrictive than Amazon's DRM. I can purchase an ebook on Kobo and sync it to my ereader or I can checkout an ebook from the library and, in most cases, sync it to my ereader without needing to invoke ADE. For those few that do not sync, it's time to use ADE.

If nothing else, ADE works with pretty much any ereader other than Amazon's eInk ereaders which are limited to Amazon for the average user (i.e., those who do not bless the names of Kovid Goyal and Apprentices Alf and Harper) .
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