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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
you just pulled this rabbit out of the hat. wi-fi was not part of the discussion
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Wi-Fi is a part of Kindle's functionality, very important in the use of the device. You cannot read a book if you cannot get it into the device.
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people having been stripping DRM since calibre has been available. I don't know what is "obvious" about it
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Nope, most people have no skills to use calibre or even remove DRM. In fact, commercial ebooks sold in Latvia cannot be stripped from DRM using the standards tools found on internet. There is additional level of security through obscurity (encoding related). At the same time these books can be easily loaded and read on every other e-ink reader I have known (Pocketbook, Kobo), except Kindle. Telling them to buy Kindle for this purpose, is irresponsible.
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if something is made geographically unavailable BY THE PUBLISHER it doesn't matter who is selling it
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Indeed. And Amazon is facilitating them. Their lawyers along with many others irresponsibly support this outdated model.