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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
I find ADE the worst of all, personally. It requires a server, somewhere in the world, to be turned on, so you can "activate" your device and actually read your book. The one FW had was the best, I think. Just use a key. Your book is scrambled with that key, and you can unscramble it, on your device, without any internet connection at all.
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That's how I feel. I hate, HATE DRM that requires a call home to some remote server. The main reason I've basically stopped buying PC games - they're all moving to this style of DRM.
At least with B&N's DRM, if you have your credit card number and name, you can basically access the book. Much less dependency on someone else's network, server, and tech support that way.
That said....I almost never buy DRM'd ebooks.
I warn my wife all of the time not to buy DRM'd anything...I know we had an itunes DRM nightmare years ago due to the DRM'd music. I redownloaded most of it after begging Apple tech support via email exchanges...be she lost some stuff that was no longer available. We had the files but there was no way to get them accessible...would not authenticate remotely...some sort of DRM bug.
I've warned her that anything DRM'd is basically a rental...she could lose it at any time. It happens to people all of the time.
I really don't think digital downloads are replacing anything...even CD sales. Only with the young who have yet to be burned by a company's DRM, I guess. Kids are being taught by companies in this new era...they seem to be willing to not be the owners of anything, but willing to accept this "you own a restricted license". I fear for the future as I see the younger generation being re-educated away from the idea of ownership of property...