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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
You don't know me well, so I'll excuse your ignorance. Suffice to say that my previous purchases will never be orphaned because of an ereader platform change. And as for selfish... well let's just say that I feel pretty comfortable in the knowledge that I've done my part so NO kindle user (or any other device) ever has to lose their previous purchases because of a platform—or similar—change.  |
I figured you broke DRM actually, hence me adding the term "selfish." Even if you invented/implemented the DRM crack -- which I would thank you for if you did! -- I would still say you have a
selfish attitude. As long as you are not inconvenienced, it's okay. This still leaves a massive amount of users in the dust, as breaking DRM is simply not a common practice; the majority of users likely do not even do it, let alone have the technical expertise to do so.
Many, many people are left spinning in the wind if it ever came to a change of e-Readers (in terms of their purchased content). That's what Amazon wants, because that's what lock-in is all about. And this is precisely why we need a universal format, and precisely why Amazon should be taken to task for holding out.
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Didn't know I needed to offer justification. I did qualify my statement with "I think." But if it makes you feel better... I agree with you: only one holdout is "very close to a standard." I just happen to think we're going to be "very close" for a good while yet.
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Well, you didn't
need to offer justification in the existential sense.... unless the moderators demanded it, of course!
But if you want to make a statement and
defend it as valid, in that case you need something to support what you're saying. Otherwise we're just shooting our mouths (fingers?) off. Wait. Wait. This is the Internet, that's what we're doing anyway...
I suspect Amazon will continue to hold out, and in that sense, I too agree that we will be very close, but for a long while. There is just too much money involved in keeping customers locked in to the Kindle ecosystem. I suspect a payment ranking in the millions of dollars to Pottermore for mobi support would not even be out of the question.
-Pie