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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
It's simply not in Amazon's/Kindle's best interest to hassle users about what goes on their devices. It's in their best interest to sell them books (DRMed if the publishers so request) they can read on a plethora of devices.
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I don't think that Amazon management currently believes that selling e-books without DRM is in their best interest, despite what some publishers may want. I believe that a gradual lock-down is in progress.
These days almost all Kindle books sold by Amazon are delivered to apps and devices in KFX format. KFX
always has DRM encryption applied, even when the same book delivered in another format would not have DRM. Amazon is being aggressive with KFX DRM, currently rolling out a new DRM scheme since the original one was cracked earlier this year.
Owners of e-ink Kindle devices currently have an easy way to bypass KFX by downloading directly from Amazon, but there is no guarantee that will continue to be the case for newer Kindles. In other cases KFX is avoidable using hacks, but those are not sanctioned by Amazon and may also be removed in the future.