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Originally Posted by geek1011
IMO, Kobos are way better than almost every other brand, especially Kindle. Their firmware is more customizable (and fun to patch), they have a cleaner interface, they at least support other formats, and some of the kepub features are quite nice. I wish they didn't implement their own epub version, but I see the reasons why they did that (and probably would do it myself if I were them). Their kobo spans are a lot easier to handle than CFIs and also make it way easier to implement some of their other features. Also, they don't have much control over Adobe's RMSDK, and this is a nice way to balance compatibility (RMSDK is the most widely used) with extra features (using a different file extension) and ease of implementation. Also, they didn't deviate from epub too much, and it was pretty easy (and fun) to write a converter.
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That's good to know. I guess as long as there are tools out there like Calibre and "kepubify", the devices are still pretty viable. If those tools were not available, the Kobo would lose a significant degree of its value prop (to me, at least), since the support for other file formats is not as good as the functionality on 'native' kepub files. I guess they're not running a charity here, so one cannot expect first class support for every file format.