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Originally Posted by KevinH
Kobo really needs to update its e-reading software to something using real webkit engines.
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In my testing of the current Kobo renderer which is based on the Readium/webkit code, it seems to be very close to Thorium on Linux in terms of spec coverage and limitations. As for the website, I'm not certain that much of the information on it has been updated since Kobo started using the ACCESS NetFront BookReader v1.0 EPUB Edition to allow handling ePub3 and Japanese typography which was about 13 years ago.
While the latest Kobo code in it's V5.xxx firmware uses Kobo's renderer as the default renderer as seen in Tolino devices and Kobo devices with the EU acessibility code, Kobo still supports RMSDK for it's ability to handle Adobe's ADEPT DRM.
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Originally Posted by KevinH
Certainly, on the Desktop, Thorium would be a better e-reader once stripped of kobo drm.
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See above. As an aside, close to 87% of my purchases this year from Kobo have arrived without DRM. Unlike a certain other ebook vendor, Kobo only adds DRM on request from the publisher.