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Originally Posted by balok
In a way, they are forcing people to buy and use it. I'll explain why. Let's say I buy a Sony Reader. A couple years later, the reader klonks out. I look at the various products available, and I conclude that the Bookeen device is a better choice. I would like to get that one, but I can't because I have tons of BBeB books I still want to read. So I buy another Sony Reader. With what may be inferior product, Sony keeps us captive because of their proprietary format. I think that's anti-competitive. Of cours the same thing could be said of any other device which uses a proprietary format, but Sony has a history of this kind of thing: Betamax, MiniDisc, Memory Stick... and soon Blu-Ray, which seems to be losing the format war against HD-DVD.
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Let's say you buy a Cybook Gen3. A couple years later, the gen3 konks out. You look at the various products available, and conclude that the Sony device is a better choice. You would like to get one, but can't because you have tons of MobiPocket books you still want to read. So you buy another Cybook. With what may be an inferior product. Bookeen keeps us captive because of a DRM filled ebook format.
Now do you notice how that can be turned around to any device that uses DRM?