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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I realized too late that there actually WOULD be people here who'd buy DRM-ed ebooks without a second thought even if they couldn't remove it.
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That happens to consitute the vast majority of the market.
Even among the DRM-aware, like us, the benefits of ebooks often outweigh the encumbrance of DRM. Among the general public that has been buying DRM-encumbered music, video, and games since the last century, it is simply a fact of digital life.
Even in music, DRM only went away because the studios decided that it was the only way to grow an alternative to iTunes lock-in, not because consumers demanded it. And since doing away with DRM hasn't much impacted iTunes' domination, odds are the publishers won't give up their DRM security blanket any time soon.
Like many others, my answer would that unbreakable DRM, if such a thing were possible, would not significantly change my behavior.
DRM is a factor I consider to decide where I buy my digital content but it doesn't decide if I buy or not.
Obviously, I prefer DRM-free, but it's not a religious issue. It doesn't raise my blood pressure.
