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DRM never helps the end user.
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You miss the point , bro. DRM is like copyright or patents. None of these directly help the end user. However, they indirectly help the end user by giving incentives to artists to produce goods for the end user-goods that would not be produced if they were not assured that they would be able to make a living from producing these goods-publishing these books in the case of authors.
Now I understand why authors would prefer not to write if they think that people would simply just buy one book and share it with all their Facebook friends . You apparently think that they should write for you anyway, regardless of whether they can make a living or not. I think that they will go elsewhere if they can't be assured of making a living: Joe Abercrombie is a great fantasy author who wrote screenplays before he wrote fantasy novels. If he is not making money writing fantasy novels, he'll just go back to writing screenplays, regardless of what you think he should do or whether you think he should just be happy with less income.