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Originally Posted by kandwo
It seems like it's the DRM world's equivalent to "think of the children" or "terrorists!".
Swedish libraries have started using LCP in the name of "accessibility" and don't allow downloads of books anymore (even though it would be possible using LCP, see Thorium et al.). Their reading app/website is so basic as to make Kindle look super customizable.
Congrats! Now your books are so accessible that they're impossible to read.
(As we all know, being able to customize fonts or margins is inaccessible and EVIL!)
All DRM is bad and I really dislike these readium fellows in particular due to their hiding behind "open source" and "accessibility". "If we're not doing it, somebody even worse would be in charge!" Yeah, I'm not buying it.
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I'm glad to see someone else sharing my troubles with Swedish libraries and their new app. Though I'd like to say it's not because of the libraries that this happened, it's due to the company providing the e-book solution being bought up and the new company deciding to remake the app. They've justified this by claiming that the new EU directive made them do this, but I think it's instead to make Swedish libraries dependent on their app and ecosystem.
As you say, their ebooks in their app is already protected by LCP, so why can't they also at least provide LCP-protected files for us to download and read on another reader outside of their really bad app? I'm quite frustrated over the situation.