Thread: Why are DRM ebooks evil and why should I avoid them like the plague?
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Old 04-04-2011, 05:13 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
Now this is repeatedly brought up. Oddly, there seems to have been no public outcry and Amazon seems to have more customers (and customer loyalty) than ever. This leads me to believe that Amazon did not leave its customers in the lurch but provided a smooth, easy migration path to the new DRM scheme (which most customers took). Of course, THAT story will never be aired here.
You are simply incorrect here.

There was no migration path. Everyone lost access to their DRMed ebooks from Amazon once they had to move from their originally authorised installations. (Which happens fairly quickly with computers at the moment.)

There have been outcries about music DRM servers being shut down, which have resulted in the servers being retained for the moment, but they're going to get shut down at some point.
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