Thread: Desktop App Kobo Desktop discontinued?
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Old 10-11-2025, 01:07 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by McGonigle View Post
From posts on the web I gather that even an old Kobo Touch which is still fully functional today has sync’ing capabilities within its UI so I’m wondering if the desktop software was ever a requirement to perform updates on the reader, or if such updates have always been OTA?

If the latter, desktop software back then might have served a useful function as a web store front but in this day and age with enhanced online security and financial transactions it is merely a hurdle between me and my ereader:

I’d rather not have to install software on Mac and Windows machines but rather just go to a website, and I’m sure Kobo wants to save the cost of having to maintain various desktop apps.

The desktop app imho wasn’t even that useful. It would only handle books bought on Kobo and the moment Kobo lost the rights to sell a book you could not and cannot redownload such a book. This happened to approx. 70% of my purchases. Clearly Calibre Saved The Day.
The first Kobo didn't even have WiFi. You either had to use the Kobo desktop app, ADE or sync with a Blackberry over Bluetooth to read DRMd books.
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