I said this:
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Locking in the casual user who can't be arsed is what virtually every major player wants.
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because the idea of using Calibre implies unnecessary effort to a number of the e-reader owners I know personally -- some of whom are more tech-savvy than I.
Vendors who produce e-book hardware are aware of UWCBA (Users Who Can't Be Arsed), which is why they make buying from their stores "hellishly easy," as I said before. The lock-in is
voluntary unless it's subliminal (in the case of the chronically unobservant). It doesn't need to be enforced because -- ironically -- laziness gets the job done.
You can't blame vendors for factoring in the apathy/inattentiveness of certain users.