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Originally Posted by jhowell
The change from .kinf2011 to .kinf2018 and the new DRM for KFX format were both likely done specifically to prevent DRM removal, in my opinion.
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Added: it does seem odd to me that Amazon still has not done anything to prevent exfiltration of books obtained using the Download & Transfer via USB function of their website for owners of e-ink Kindle devices. It is strange that they continue to leave that open while closing other loopholes.
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It is very interesting. I suspect that Amazon benefits from drm removal. It has the best infrastructure including the the best store and prices. I suspect that there are many users of other devices who buy from Amazon. On the other hand, they now have KU. If members read on other devices the author does not get paid. Also, they now have so much exclusive content that the result of restricting or eliminating DRM removal may be the sale of many more of their devices rather than losing customers. And, like it or not, piracy is made significantly easier by the ability to remove DRM. If this becomes impossible it will not eliminate piracy completely, but may well send it back to the days of scanning and OCR. Though I would not have thought piracy was that significant a problem, figures on the impact of piracy are little more than guesses. Perhaps it is more significant than I believe.
The existence of older devices means that if Amazon does start to take DRM more seriously, there will likely be a period where they continue to provide mobi and azw3 downloads with the old drm for older devices. Certainly kfx, which is optimised for each device, is not designed to make reading on non-Amazon devices easier.