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Originally Posted by JSWolf
@notimp, what you fail to understand is that KF8 is not going away anytime soon. There are Kindle's such as the Kindle Touch that do not handle KFX but do handle KF8. Amazon's continuing support is going to keep KF8 alive. Plus, as it currently stands, not ever eBook that can be converted to KF8 can be converted to KFX. This is another reason KF8 is staying. You can rename one of the .exe files in the latest Kindle for PC to still download KF8. Also if you have an eInk Kindle, you can download the eBook and you will get a KF8.
So why get pissed? It's very easy to get KF8 instead of KFX. Also, why are you blaming us for not removing the DRM of eBooks our relatives are reading? You seem to have a chip on your shoulder that you should get rid of.
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It is reasonable to think that kf8 will remain as long as there are kindles that don't support kfx. But one alternative for Amazon would be to produce some kind of inbetween and newly encrypted format with an corresponding fw upgrade that the older models could read. A kind of kfx lite. lm not saying Amazon will do it, but if they really wanted to shut down the garden, it would be an option.
In any case, one can certainly foresee a time when Kindle books will become uncrackable. Amazon appears to be playing the long game and boiling the frog on a very low heat.