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Originally Posted by JSWolf
DRM does limit accessibility. For example, on a Kobo we have an old version of RMSDK and KePub. If you borrow an eBook from the library with DRM, you can only view it in RMSDK. But if it's using ePub3 specific features that you want to see, you'd have to convert it to KePub. But you can't because it has DRM.
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Your reasoning is specious at best and risible at any time. If you have configured your Kobo with OverDrive, you can borrow the book from the library and then sync it to your Kobo ereader—if Kobo has the same version of the book (matching ISBN). In the times that I have done this, I have run into 3 ePubs that I borrowed from the library and that did not match the version available from Kobo so I had to download the ePub using an .acsm file. The failure rate is less than 1% ( 3 out of 316 borrows ).
Pull one of the other ones, it's got bells on!
And yes, I am conflicted about removing DRM from library loans. For my personal uses, I do not remove DRM from loans. For Kindle users outside the USA where they do not have access to library loans in Amazon formats, it is pretty much a necessity for them to use public libraries with their ereaders.