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Originally Posted by anamardoll
BUT. DRM removal is onerous because it takes time and knowledge.
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DRM removal is only ONE of the things that prevents lock in from being an issue. I refer you back to my list of groups.
(And I also maintain that it requires far less time and knowledge then some think, and I suspect it is more prevalent than some think.)
One of boswd's arguments has been that "lot's of people are locked, they just don't know it."
I contend that if they don't know it, it's not an issue for them.
It only becomes an issue when someone is more than slightly inconvenienced by it. And I see remarkably little evidence of that happening to any significant degree.
Even in your mom's case, she is not having an issue, you are only noting that she COULD have the issue if you get hit by a bus, and even then, it seems only because you steered her to a Sony reader, and away from the Sony store. That's a lot of special circumstances that had to happen to make a non-tech user even aware of lockout issues. And that's not even a Kindle!
In boswd's example above, it sounds like the coworker would have gone on happily with her Kindle not having any lock in issue, and not caring about other stores. Boswd made her aware of other stores, she expressed what sounds like slight passing interest and dismissed it. For all we know she will probably go on quite happily with her Kindle and never think about other stores again. For all we, know, if she had a nook, and boswd told her she could shop at other stores, but it would requires using ADE and side loading through a computer, she may have had the same reaction.
Lastly, again, I have never disputed the the technical facts of the issue. And I encourage potential buyers of all devices to be aware of the facts.
Again, I only object to the excessive FUD put on the Kindle and only the Kindle.
ApK