• Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    That’s really amazing! I can’t buy DRM ebooks, because I don’t wanna give up my old tolino reader.

    • Auster@thebrainbin.orgOP
      4·
      1 month ago

      First time hearing about this “Tolino eReader”. Does it not allow user-supplied files, even with potential OS modifications?

      If it doesn’t, though, I’d still suggest stocking up on DRM-free ebooks, both for when you can use them, and to be another person voting with the wallet to show there is space in the market for DRM-free contents.

      • MultiplexerEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        At some point the certificates on the device just run out.
        I don’t know about the Tolino, but my two readers (a Sony and a Pocketbook) are both more than 10 years old and are not capable any more of using any new DRM books because their certificates have now long expired…

        • Auster@thebrainbin.orgOP
          1·
          1 month ago

          In case it wasn’t a typo…

          DRM ≠ DRM-free

          DRM is used for validation. DRM-free is the lack of DRM.

          If the certificates are for books you’d get from their approved stores, still that shouldn’t affect PDFs and the sort you get from Humble Bundle, Itchio, etc.

          • MultiplexerEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            But… that’s what I said…
            Devices stop working for DRM books, as the device’s certificates have run out.
            Same probably with the old Tolino mentioned above - only usable with DRM-free stuff now.