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Originally Posted by HarryT
I honestly think you're mistaken in your belief that the average reader actually CARES about DRM. I really don't think that they do, because it doesn't stop them from reading books on their Kindle, nook, Kobo, or whatever it is they may have. The typical user does not have half a dozen different readers; she has one, and buys from the store associated with her reading device.
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I think this is very true.
As much as I would like to see DRM eliminated, I don't think that the number of people who give a flying fig about ebook DRM is big enough to make the kind of monetary "noise" that would be necessary for publishers to take notice... even if you could get them all to boycott.
And while I'm absolutely certain that I could find
new favorite authors from the plethora of DRM-free material available. That would—in no way—lessen my desire to keep reading my
old favorite (drm-infested) authors. I see absolutely no benefit to depriving myself of the authors who've already earned automatic
go-to-the-front-of-the-class passes on my TBR list... for any length of time.