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Originally Posted by avantman42
That's also true of Amazon's DRM. However, if B&N or Amazon went out of business (or decided to stop supporting that particular form of DRM), there would be no way to get a new device or application that would be able to read your books.
According to bgalbrecht earlier in the thread, this has already happened with B&N's Fictionwise/eReader subsidiaries.
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Yup. This is why DRM sucks. I never, ever pay more than a rental price for anything inflicted with DRM. Because it's really a rental - it will work for an undetermined amount of time, until the DRM inevitably fails to be supported or discontinued.
For books, that means free. OK, I'll go up to $1 since that's about how much I end up paying in late fees to the library sometimes. For Steam games, it's $5-$10 tops.
If possible, I strip the DRM right away if I do buy something DRM'd. It's like a rebate - you have to send it out right away, otherwise you procrastinate until it's too late. No playing until the rebate is out or the DRM is stripped.
