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Originally Posted by ratinox
When you buy a book from a vendor like Amazon or Rakuten Kobo the vendor knows who you are and what you've purchased. This is patently obvious to the consumer: of course the vendor knows what you're buying, and of course they know who you are when you use a credit card.
What isn't necessarily obvious to consumers is that when RMSDK DRM is involved then Adobe also know who you are and what you've purchased. This is where the privicy concerns start, and given the costs associated with GDPR violations I can see Rakuten moving to minimize the risks.
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But, Adobe doesn't find out anything until you sign up for an Adobe account. Which means you go through their privacy notifications. Which means the consumer does know.
Also, I don't believe that Adobe finds out about your books until you try to download them. I doubt if Kobo would generate the licence key or whatever is need until you attempt to download the ACSM file for a book. That way they don't pay Adobe for any books that are never downloaded that way.
As to Kobo dropping Adobe support, I don't see it happening. Dropping it means that Kobo users wouldn't be able to read books from sources that use Adobe's servers. That includes a lot of libraries around the world.