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Originally Posted by lkmiller
I notice that the last time the key file changed was when KF8 started taking over from MOBI.
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It does seem clear that Amazon wants to replace KF8 with KFX, just as KF8 was the replacement for MOBI. However, Amazon hasn't abandoned MOBI (yet?), so I'm hoping the same will happen with KF8.
I'm curious: I understand that disabling renderer-test in K4
PC 1.25.2 does nothing, and so far no one has figured out how to block KFX for K4PC. But what happens when you try to download/read an older book that's only available in MOBI or KF8? Can K4PC 1.25.2 handle it? Do you get a MOBI or KF8 file? And if so, will Alf work on it?
ETA: I enabled renderer-test on K4
Mac 1.25.2 and ran the following tests:
1) Downloaded recent book and got KFX.
2) Downloaded really old book, got Topaz
and Alf successfully liberated it.
3) Downloaded semi-old book, got MOBI
and Alf successfully liberated it.
So it does seem the new .kinf2018 key file uses the same key as .kinf2011 for older formats and only KFX is affected — at least on Macs.