"We were planning to now focus on new accessibility features on our open-source Thorium Reader, better access to annotations for blind users and an advanced reading mode for dyslexic people. Too bad; disturbances around LCP will force us to focus on a new round of security measures, ensuring the technology stays useful for ebook lending (stop reading after some time) and as a protection against oversharing."

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[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 6 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

I might be in minority here but I kinda see the point the Readium guy is making, specifically this one:

We managed to convince publishers (even big US publishers) to adopt a solution that is flexible for readers and appreciated by public libraries and booksellers

Publishers and companies will always want DRM so at the very least we (as a community) could offer a DRM that is less flawed, more respecting of privacy and FOSS, etc. If we dont, someone else will offer a DRM solution thats far worse (and publishers will implement it because they dont care and there are no consequences).

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 hours ago

Publishers and companies will always want DRM

Developers should refuse to write malware.

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