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Originally Posted by cfrizz
Some of you are welcome to be a paranoid as you like. Me, I'm going to continue to download & read both my drm & non-drm books and enjoy myself.
The only AFAIK confirmed case of a company removing books from readers is from Amazon via wifi. If you don't have wifi, then the chance of it happening are slim to none.
I decided NOT to get any device that can remotely access my reader. All I do is a ONE WAY download when books are purchased, nor do I use any synch feature.
If I thought up as many unlikely to happen paranoid schemes as some of you, I would never be able to get anything done or have any enjoyment out of life. I refuse to live my life based on a endless cycle of "what ifs."
It has nothing to do with trust & everything to do with the vast majority of these companies have far more better things to do with their time then look over our shoulders.
No doubt, if any of these unlikely scenarios happen, I'm sure you all will let us know.
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A little paranoia is actually good for us more often than not. A certain grumpy wizard's favourite phrase from Harry Potter comes to mind, too.
Regardless of how anyone else wants to do things, or how silly or timewasting or whatever they find a person's particular worries, it's a perfectly legitimate and reasonable thing for them to want a device that suits
their needs and makes them feel more comfortable. Especially since there are a
lot of devices available that do what the OP is asking for. It hardly effects anyone but themselves, anyway.