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I think it was probably a combination of low usage (because a lot of people either use Kindle or a DRM-encumbered EPUB platform like Adobe Digital Editions), an
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
I think it was probably a combination of low usage (because a lot of people either use Kindle or a DRM-encumbered EPUB platform like Adobe Digital Editions), and the fact that Microsoft likely was more concerned with prioritizing porting over other more critical functionality like Active Directory integration into the Chrome codebase.
Presumably if Google decided to add EPUB support, Edge would get it back too, but Microsoft hasn't decided that feature is valuable enough to add onto their modifications.
- anoncow 6y agoLow usage is a chicken and egg thing.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoI agree, I am just speculating to why Microsoft did what it did. :) I also think it's particularly sad that Windows 10 had a perfectly good EPUB app, Reader, that Microsoft deprecated aggressively to force everyone to read eBooks in Edge... only to remove eBook support from Edge too.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoSadly, these days html is drm-encumbered too : https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-director-ceo-team-and-membership https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-direct...
- rijoja 6y agoThey don't support MathML which also is a part of the format apparently. I think Google dropped it presumably not to have to worry about securing the code base.