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You can put BN books on your Sony without converting? That is news to me. Oh, right, there is that update that they keep talking about but not releasing. And when they do Sony is sure to release an update to all of its existing readers because Sony is so good about releasing updates.
You can put IBooks on your Sony without converting? That is news to me. Heck, it is the one DRM that has not been broken.
Last I checked none of those readers sell books that can be read on a Kindle.
Sony is the only device that you mention that predates the Kindle. So BN, Kobo, and Apple all chose a format and DRM that could not be read on the most popular reader at the time, the Kindle, but Amazon is the one at fault. Using your logic, Amazon had chosen EPub and BN, Kobo, and Apple all chose Mobi, Amazon would still be bad because the other e-readers chose a different format after the K1 was being sold and just before the K2 was announced.
So Amazon needs to choose a time machine, go back in time, and change its format choice so it chooses the "right" format before the other e-readers are announced and repeat this loop endlessly because its competition will choose a different format and DRM.
None of the companies are bad. None of the companies are good. They are businesses trying to make a profit. BN, Kobo, and Apple all chose EPub because they did not want their customers buying from Amazon. It was a business decision.
And since removing DRM is really easy I am not worried about any of this.
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