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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Of course, the walls aren't very high. If an e-book is available one reader, but not the other, people will jump over the fence, buy the book and strip the DRM.
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If you randomly polled people shopping at a shopping mall, how many people do you think would know that it is possible to remove DRM? Heck, how many people would know what DRM is?
Most people who use e-readers have no clue that this is an option. The Media in the US is not going to run stories discussing how easy it is to do because it might be illegal. Even worse, the media in the US probably don't want you to know how easy it is for you to do because discussing that openly would honk off the entirty of the entertainment industry.
So unless someone is motivated enough, they are not going to be aware of this option. I would guess that 90% of Amazon and Barnes and Noble e-reader owners shop at Amazon and BN because they have no clue that the other is an option.
People buy Kindles and Nooks because they are tied into large bookstores that are easy to buy from.
So while we all know that there is no walled garden or that the walls have massive holes in them, most people do not. Which means that there are walled gardens and that they are going to be shopping at the one bookstore.