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Originally Posted by Katsunami
They can't remove content from the reader. First, the one time they did it caused an uproar. Second, there is no way for them to know if you may have side-loaded content you created yourself or obtained somewhere else legally, and then converted (if necessary).
If they'd try to FORCE you to use Amazon-only content and FORCE you to rely on the cloud, they'd create a Kindle without a USB-port, with just enough storage to hold maybe 10 books or so, and without a "send to Kindle" option.
Also, Amazon doesn't even know if my reader is on, or not. It's always in Aeroplane mode. Even if that mode was taken out, I'd just block it using my Wifi router. More probable would be me jumping ship to another reader.
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Agreeing here.
There are a few cases of Amazon removing content and that was only when books were sold that the seller did not have permission to sell. The boards, internet, and papers went bat shit crazy. Amazon was even more the devil. Tin foil hats were placed on e-readers. It was crazy.
So yeah, that is not likely to happen again. When Amazon closes someones account (and that leads to craziness and tin foil hats and people digging underground bunkers) they tell the person that they still have access to any book on their ereader. They don't pull the books. The account cannot be used for purchasing anything and the person does not have access to their My Kindle Page because they cannot log into the account but the books remain on the device.
I know it is silly, but one reason I back up my books is so that if anything happens to my account (like being hacked) I have all of my books and I can use the money that Amazon gives me on a gift card to buy more books*. Or that silly expensive tea maker that I want. Or something else because that gift card will be huge. I won't have to buy back my old books because I already have them all saved and I can side load them onto my device.
* In cases were an account is closed due to a hack, Amazon gives the person a gift card that covers the recovery cost of all their estuff that they can no longer reach. It can take a while if you have to convince Amazon that you were hacked but you end up with a nice amount. I am sure the process is less nerve wracking if you know that you have all your ebooks backed up. But that is just me.