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Originally Posted by speedlever
There may be an obvious answer to this, but if given a choice, why would I want a DRM book over a non-DRM book?
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Given a choice, you wouldn't but, OTOH, if you want to read the the newest Stephen King or James Patterson novel, you have to buy it with DRM.
I think it is never a good idea to suggest to someone who is seeking advice about which device to buy that the DRM can be stripped and format problems solved because a lot of people may buy the device and then find themselves unable to figure it out or do it. I think it is better to assume that most people looking to buy a device are both new to the idea of ebooks and are incapable of stripping DRM (I don't consider myself to be a tech dummy but I will admit it took me a very long time to figure out how to strip even the B&N DRM). That way, the buying advice would probably be more valuable to the requestor and less misleading.
Also, and please correct me if I am wrong, doesn't Amazon use two types of DRM, one of which has been cracked and thus can be stripped by the tech savvy and a second scheme that has yet to be cracked (TPZ?)? How do you know which DRM scheme infests a book?