Thread: Sorry Kindle, You're Not Invited
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Old 04-13-2011, 06:40 AM   #388
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Originally Posted by murraypaul
As compared to:
Find book you are interested on Amazon site
Click 'Buy now with 1-click' (or the equivalent on the Kindle itself)
Have book magically appear on your Kindle (iPad/Xoom/etc...)

A major design point of the Kindle is that you never need to use a PC at all. It is a standalone piece of kit that has no reliance on other software or hardware. This make it 'friendly' and accessibly to a large part of the population who have at least no interest and at most positive fear of computers.
That particular subset of people you're describing wouldn't be trying to remove DRM (or possibly even know about DRM)... you're just choosing to be obtuse. Of course someone who doesn't like/want/know how to use a PC is going to have trouble with DRM removing scripts/plugins. There's no way around that. I don't think I ever suggested otherwise. But for those who already know their way around some standard gui file manipulation (like I specified)--yes, it's a piece of cake... slice of pie... can of corn.
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