Thread: Kindle to utilize epub format in late 2022
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Old 08-27-2022, 07:53 PM   #330
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
It is thought that KF8 never came to iOS because it is based on an outdated version of WebKit and Apple specifically disallows apps from containing their own version of WebKit. Instead Amazon created AZK/KCR format which is very similar to KF8 but uses the HTML renderer built into iOS. This is not an issue for KFX because it is not based on HTML.

Amazon could convert customer's EPUBs to KFX or AZK/KCR but they don't. Responsibility for that lies totally with Amazon.
Why would a newer version of Webkit be an issue for KF8?
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