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Circuit City didn't want to simply supplement DVDs, they wanted to replace DVD ownership with their rental model-- and pi**ed off the very early adopter audience that were actually buying electronics. Heavy electronic buyers stopped buying from Circuit City. I only hope that any publishers that push for a "cloud only" distribution model share the same fate as Circuit City.
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Fast forward today and look at the movie market? Most people don't buy movies anymore. They rent/stream them. The consumers made the "wrong" decision again.
I think the pattern here is clear. The MobileRead anti DRM types-digerati one and all- have issues with DRM because it doesn't fit their ideal of how ebooks should be sold- an ideal which puts maximum control in the hands of techie end users. They fear the publishers introduction of a cloud subscription model because they are afraid that it may offer advantages to the consumer in terms of price or convenience in return for giving up that all important control, and they are afraid that the consumers may "fall" for that model!
Well, I guess we can't have THAT.