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Old 07-27-2011, 08:18 PM   #142
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Originally Posted by EatingPie View Post
And this raises the question further. If you support Amazon so whole-heartedly, why would you even care to break the DRM in the first place? If you do not mind being locked in to the Kindle, then DRM doesn't matter in the slightest. The only reason to break DRM (disregarding piracy) is to plan for the future; to make sure you keep access to your book perpetually. The only reason this would be an issue is if you planned to leave the Kindle ecosystem. And then, you are still stuck because only the Kindle supports mobi format.
Because Amazon already has one strike against them as far as Books go. Amazon sold eBooks before eink readers and then they just dropped them. No longer could anyone download their paid content when the needed to get a new file to update the DRM. So they got screwed. That's one reason to strip Amazon's DRM.
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