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ApK · 05-29-2011, 10:24 AM

I'm confused by the simultaneous caution against stripping DRM, and recommendation to make fraudulent claims in a business agreement and violate import restrictions. If the rules lock you, the rules lock you. If you're willing to bend the rules, you're not locked.
Also, while many people are repeatedly TOLD they will be locked to Amazon, and therefore may worry before buying if they will be locked, I don't recall seeing word from ANY Kindle owner who actually felt they were locked in to Amazon in actual practice. In the poll thread on book selection, it seems of the few people who have said their reader has limited their choices, many are epub-based reader owners who were trying to get content they only found on Amazon, not the other way around.

I'm starting to be convinced that, like 1 or 2 month battery life claims, the idea of being "locked" in any sense is a non-issue.

05-29-2011, 10:24 AM	#34
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,393 Karma: 68715774 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	I'm confused by the simultaneous caution against stripping DRM, and recommendation to make fraudulent claims in a business agreement and violate import restrictions. If the rules lock you, the rules lock you. If you're willing to bend the rules, you're not locked. Also, while many people are repeatedly TOLD they will be locked to Amazon, and therefore may worry before buying if they will be locked, I don't recall seeing word from ANY Kindle owner who actually felt they were locked in to Amazon in actual practice. In the poll thread on book selection, it seems of the few people who have said their reader has limited their choices, many are epub-based reader owners who were trying to get content they only found on Amazon, not the other way around. I'm starting to be convinced that, like 1 or 2 month battery life claims, the idea of being "locked" in any sense is a non-issue. Last edited by ApK; 05-29-2011 at 10:28 AM.