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Originally Posted by darryl
But it is misleading to signal out Amazon in this respect. All of the major players want to keep you in jail, as you put it. Amazon is not even the worst of them. That distinction must unfortunately be reserved for Apple. B&N's actions over the past year or so do not bear mentioning. And Kobo uses both Adobe ADE DRM and its own proprietary format. In fact, it has recently been playing with releases of its Kobo Desktop software to try to prevent Obok removing DRM. The fact is that we are offered a choice of Jails, and it is ludicrous to say don't buy a Kindle on this basis. In fact, if you must choose a Jail, to use an Americanism straight out of John Grisham, why not choose the Federal Country Club of Amazon?
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This is only (partially) true if one ignores the possibility of jailbreak and rooting. Kobo is rooted out of the box, no restrictions included. Nooks are notoriously good for rooting. Kindles are extremely locked down, and all recent models have remained unrootable without hardware alteration for a couple of years. So no, the statement:
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All of the major players want to keep you in jail, as you put it. Amazon is not even the worst of them.
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is misleading.
Amazon is far and away the the most restrictive among the e-reader manufacturers. This can only get worse if Amazon block current loopholes to d/l books in formats other than KFX. By comparison, Kobo and Nook are far more lenient. Apple is not relevant as they don't produce a dedicated e-reader.