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The vast majority of e-book consumers have no interest in file formats or DRM. They just want to buy books and read them. Amazon makes it easy to do this. E-books sold by Amazon are meant to be read using Kindle devices and apps. It is the responsibility of book purchasers to be aware of this limitation.
The KFX format was designed to be rendered efficiently on kindle apps and devices. That it is not as useful as KF8 for conversion and archival is not Amazon's problem.
Nothing has changed in the months since this thread was last active. The small minority who wish to do so can still download and remove DRM from almost all e-books purchased at Amazon. Amazon hasn't taken any steps to close the existing loopholes, despite the desire of some publishers to prevent such actions by having their books sold with DRM.
If and when Amazon prevents the removal of DRM from books downloaded from their website or using Kindle for PC/Mac that will be the time to become concerned and possibly take action, not before.
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