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Originally Posted by Doitsu
But then you'd need to create and maintain apps for different operating systems.
Many eInk readers have indeed problems with embedded multimedia content, but most epub3 apps for tablets and PCs support them just fine.
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Most people already have ZERO programs or apps on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android that support full multimedia epub3 and that is a huge more number of apps/programs to test and support than OSes.
It's possible to use ONE FW for Linux/Mac/Windows multimedia, one for iOS and one for Android. A lot would be in common and once it's made you can use same content for all three for updates and new titles only needs new content. People have been doing this for over 30 years on desktop and over 12 years for iOs and Android. There are many excellent free tools and frameworks.
Epub3 multimedia is limited compared to full HTML5 + code on a web server which is clunky and limited compared to a multimedia app. Even the Web Multimedia has to be tested with different browsers. The epub3 is much worse because by default no-one has a an epub3 that supports multimedia.