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I've used it and I found it the worst form of DRM. It required creating an "account" with Adobe despite having no relationship with them (It was to access books
by wkat4242 10mo ago
I've used it and I found it the worst form of DRM. It required creating an "account" with Adobe despite having no relationship with them (It was to access books at my local library where I already had an account) and the software didn't even work on linux. Even getting it to work at all took ages of tinkering and I'm an IT expert. My parents who just wanted to simply check out a book out of the digital library during the pandemic would never have managed to figure that out.
And yes I have liberated all my DRM books from Amazon. But Adobe Digital I will never touch again (Nor buy books with DRM on it in the first place).
- WolfeReader 10mo agoIt's actually simple: 1. Install ADE on Windows (or a Windows VM (recommended)) 2. Log in with Adobe account 3. Download ASCM files from Kobo or Google Play Books and open with ADE 4. the optional step I've been trying to hint at for like 3 posts now 5. Put it on your reader!
- wkat4242 10mo agoReally that is WAY too complicated for my folks. And for me I don't want accounts with big tech companies to do something local so step 2 was already a blocking point. And as for removing the DRM (I assume that's what you're hinting at), yeah but that can be done with kindle's and kobo's too and in less roundabout ways. The existence of a hack for Adobe DRM doesn't make that a 'good' DRM.
- WolfeReader 10mo agoOK, how do "your folks" break Kindle's DRM?