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Originally Posted by stonetools
The average user doesn't give a damn about DRM. If they did, we would see rapidly falling sales of ebook sales and ereader devices. Instead we see rapidly RISING sales of ebooks and ereaders. And the most popular device? The Amazon Kindle, which has a proprietary format AND the most restrictive DRM. So all of the digerati who profess solicitude for the average user, relax: the average user is OK with DRM.
What's odd is that the very people who rail against DRM seem to be Amazon devotees. I suspect that the railing against DRM is really a concern with plain old prices.
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The average user is most likely has a shiny new Kindle as his or her first e-reader, doesn't care that library books are off-limits because his or her local library has a meager selection, and is happy with Amazon and Kindle. But in a year or two? Time for a new e-reader, and, oops, can't buy anything but another Kindle even though average user now thinks a Nook or a Sony or some spiffy newfangled device is better. THAT'S when your average user comes up against the restrictions and gets upset.
The average user is NOT OK with DRM, because he or she doesn't yet even know about it.