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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
The average person would buy another device if the old one stopped working, or was given away, or lost, or a new one is much better (and possibly cheaper). You are assuming that they are not reading a book at the moment of purchase and wouldn't read any previously purchased books on the new device, not even just to open it and see how it looks?
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No, I'm not assuming that. But there are really only two possibilities here:
1. They buy a similar device to the one that they were previously using. (eg, another Kindle, or another ePub device). In that case, DRM is not an issue. They register the new device to the same account that they were using the old one with, and they're good to go.
2. They don't buy a similar device - they switch from, say, a Sony to a Kindle, or from a Kindle to a Kobo. If they do that, DRM is going to be the least of their concerns. A far more significant issue will be the change of file format from ePub to Mobipocket, or vice versa. DRM won't really enter into the picture.
Please don't misunderstand me here. I'm not a fan of DRM and would like to see it disappear. I just don't believe that it's a practical problem for the typical reader.