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Old 12-10-2013, 08:29 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by auspex View Post
I don't like Amazon, they may have great service, but I hate the forced tie-ins to their hardware platform. However, I don't hate them as much as Apple, who do the same thing but worse… and I do still occasionally buy from Amazon (I don't own a Kindle), but never from Apple.
And in what way is that different from any other distributor of DrM'ed ebooks?

By definition DRM means restricted to official devices and software. And Amazon offers lots of apps for many platforms.

Amazon is no different from any other group, save that they are less restrictive than most.
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