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Originally Posted by karunaji
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.
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.
Indeed. And Amazon is facilitating them. Their lawyers along with many others irresponsibly support this outdated model.
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Originally Posted by karunaji
It is a convenience for which I have paid my money. That's my whole point of my argument. It is a nice device that is artificially limited to discourage its use with non-Amazon books.
Thanks Amazon for <user>@free.kindle.com address but for pdf and mobi files it is unnecessary. It only adds to delay and file size limitations. It only allows Amazon to collect statistics of my reading habits.
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so sorry about your bad luck and lack of attention to detail when exploring your Kindle purchase. I've traveled internationally with both the K1 and K2 (look ma! no wi-fi!) and had no problem getting my books.
why don't you become the Latvian ereading champion, set your post Socialist needs and reviews and let the rest of the world carry on with reality