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Originally Posted by boxcorner
Whether someone is an advocate or critic, DRM is unlikely to go away anytime soon, so e-reader users must choose whichever strategy suits them best and proceed accordingly. As I indicated in my earlier posts, I prefer the simpler option of avoiding DRM altogether, either by reading free content, or buying e-books that are DRM-free. |
Your approach is not one that many casual ereader users are taking because 1) they bought their ereader to read the books that they like so not reading those books defeats the purpose for them 2) they have no clue about DRM because they buy their books from the same store as their device is from 3) they have clue about DRM until they try and buy a book from a different store and cannot load the book due to DRM.
The folks posting here are a small minority of the ereader users. You know where to go and get DRM free books and about the free books, most folks don't. I have had friends buy ereaders and I have had to point them to those sites and explain this stuff to them because they had no idea.
Many of the books I want to read are not free and have DRM. I am not going to choose to not to read books that I enjoy on my e-reader.
Which leaves me, and others, with a choice. Except the DRM and deal with it or remove the DRM, which comes with some legal risks for many folks. I realize that I am in the minority regarding this because none of my friends or family with ereaders have the slightest clue about removing DRM.