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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Isn't buying all of your ebooks from a single source and then only reading them on a device from that same source the very definition of putting all your eggs in one basket?
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Not in the same sense, because it is not me who makes it that way ... and really, when one buys an E-Ink device you are kind of locking yourself into the store or stores that support that reader anyway.
The greatest variety and cheapest prices kind of dictate.
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For me, if Amazon makes a change where I can no longer remove DRM/convert books, I can start buying elsewhere. Meanwhile, all the purchases I have already made are already converted to DRM-free ePub, so I won't lose anything.
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True and likewise for me.
However, having a Kindle and Amazon preventing DRM removal, would not stop my purchasing and reading from them ... unless I wanted it to. I bought into the whole Kindle thing years ago, long before I knew I could remove DRM. I love that I can remove it, but it wasn't a factor for me originally.
I do admit though, that some parameters have changed since then, like the cost of ebooks not being reduced as much as they should be in a lot of instances ... just not living up to their initial and well founded promise. That would have a bearing on my toleration of DRM.
Another factor, for me at least, was that I felt Kindle just had no competition reader wise, back when I bought my Kindle Keyboard. It was a no brainer for me back then, unlike the market of acceptable readers available today.
But all things change. I have an even bigger library now, a good portion of which are ebooks. I was never likely to read all my physical books in my remaining time on this Earth. My growing ebook collection has only made that worse. So I could in reality, not buy any more books until I have caught up, run out of desirable reading.
But that would never happen before I die. I no longer feel I have to read all I have. The important thing for me always, was variety at my finger tips, and I have that in spades. That and full collections of authors I enjoy. And I started the collecting process long ago, long before the very different conditions we have now, which to some degree negate those earlier needs. Just the huge number and variety of books available now, is staggering.