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Old 01-12-2015, 03:33 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
There are no closed ecosystems in the real world AFAIK. Could be mistaken.
I could buy another reader or DeDRM books.
I have only epub readers at present as that is what I prefer, but nothing against the others. I can read almost any other format, even the defunct ones on my other devices without removing DRM. And I can, if I want to, remove the DRM.

Seems a silly thing to obsess about

Helen
You are assuredly looking at at least one closed system right now, and the law of averages says a minimum of three.
DRM is absolutely a closed ecosystem, that is rather the point.
The most famous closed ecosystem is Apple, for obvious reasons.

The issue at hand is someone proselytizing their Kobo by saying the Kobo store is an open ecosystem and the Amazon store isn't.
Such lies should certainly not be present in the dedicated forum for advising inexperienced individuals which should be their first ereader.
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