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I currently hesitate to buy books I can't remove the DRM on.
My general rule of thumb is:
Do your best not to buy DRM'd stuff (at least stuff that requires remote-server authentication that doesn't depend soley on your hardware).
So I avoid, but buy some games on XBL/Steam ($10-$12 tops, and I'm grumpy about spending that much on something that could vanish at any time). And never buy any digital movies (I'd buy the blu-ray instead). Hell I don't even redeem the "free" digital copies because they are of absolutely zero value to me. If I really want a digital copy of a movie I own I can rip it myself, or download it somewhere.
With ebooks, I have like $30 in Google Play credit I'd like to use on ebooks, but I haven't gotten around to configuring any DRM removal except for the Kindle and Nook. No reading before removing DRM, that's the rule, it's like rebates - must mail in rebate before playing with purchase! Otherwise you forget and it never gets done.
I STILL buy hardcovers for my favorite authors, also. Then again I have no qualms about "format shifting" a hardcover I own on my shelf to an ebook, darknet or not, in the same way that I feel no qualms about doing it for Blu-rays or TV shows.
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