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Old 02-28-2006, 09:42 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by rmeister0
Scott McNealy once talked about the undisclosed cost of a system purchase: the cost of getting out. I can get my iTunes purchases out of the iTunes/iPod ecosystem simply by burning a CD of my purchase. Palm's eReader has the best DRM system in terms of tying to the person and not hardware, but I do not yet know of a good exit strategy to get Palm Reader content out of the Palm system should the day come that Motrocity shuts down.
Very good point. Unfortunately, the bias will always be towards lock-in. Vendors always prefer to be able to charge for the same things over and over, or at least make it hard for you to switch to another vendor. That's a bias that will always be there.

The good news is that overwhelming customer opinion (when they vote with their dollars), and with the help of lawmakers, plus some good open alternatives might save the day. It's a longshot, but we'll see. Especially after the first big waves of mainstream users runs into problems keeping their content when they go to other devices.
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