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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Is that a condition of purchase for that ereader? Golly that sucks.
After initial set up, I never put a kobo device back on the internet, I just use the cord into the laptop to update the firmware, and access calibre.
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I believe we were talking about the Adobe application suites (Creative Cloud etc.), and associated subscription plans, not eReaders. At least I was.
Adobe also (and addressing a comparatively small fraction of their revenue) also does DRM for ebooks. I have not kept up with the newer variants of that, but I think one does require ‘calling home’ every time the book/document is opened. The use case for this would be corporate: you want to control access to some proprietary content and who gets to read what. It would be a non starter for consumer usage.