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Originally Posted by CleverClothe
Walls are always not an issue... unless you need to get to the other side.
I really have to wonder how much you read MR. There are always lots of discussions about people having issues with DRM and vendor lock-in. And if the MR community struggles so much with that, I shudder to think what the general population will run into if they try using another reader or store.
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There's a girl at work that has a kindle, when she found out that i don't have to buy my books soley from BN, she said "Oh cool, what are the sites you buy from so I can look at them?" I explained to her unless they use DRM free mobi pocket you can't. She aksed why? I said most major sites use ePub which is not supported on the Kindle.
I then went on to explain about a desktop application called Calibre and told her if she was willing to strip the DRM and then convert it to Mobi she could do that.
She looked at me like I had eight heads and said " ahhh not worth the trouble" True story
I think the problem most on here is, they tend to think everyone is or should be as knowledgable about all this stuff as we are. When more than likely the majority of people with ereaders are clueless about all this drm stripping, calibre, etc. They buy a book read it and move on to the next one and buy from the supporting platform used on the device.