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Originally Posted by davidfor
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.
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A single notification at account registration time may not be sufficient in jurisdictions that require notification and consent at the time of data collection every time data is collected. YMMV.
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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.
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Adobe collects this data every time the DRM is checked so this includes downloads to Kobo devices and applications and not just ASCM files for ADE Desktop.
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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.
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True, Kobo can't drop RMSDK at a drop of a hat. They can, however, move to reduce the dependency going forward.