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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
And, for once, I entirely agree with you. So, why did they make the Kindle able to read *.prc files?? Why make it read or view HTML?? If they wanted to limit the Kindle to *.azw files, why not just do that and be done with it?
Why lie to the consumer and advertise that the Kindle is not limited to books purchased at the Amazon Kindle Store, when they plan to criminalize anyone who reads a book on their Kindle that is not in *.azw format?
So, I've really got to ask myself why I ever recommended the Kindle as a reading device ... hell, why do I own three of them? I've got a lot of books that I obtained, legitimately, either by purchase or for free, that were from sources other than the Kindle Store.
I'm sorry .... but that is just plain creepy. I do not remember giving Jeff Bezos authority to determine what I am and am not allowed to read, on my Kindle or anywhere else.
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Kindle reading is not limited to Amazon-only purchases - as you note in your 3rd paragraph about your own legitamate content acquisition. Nobody is lying. You're falling apart; take a deep breath. BTW - don't admit to being a criminal on-line.
The DMCA almost certainly reads that 'it's a violation to "bootleg" DRM'ed content onto your Kindle'. Like it or not. Believe it or not. Somebody bothers to enforce it or not.
Amazon said - mobipocket is one store, not for Kindles. Amazon.com is another store, for Kindles (and now iPhone). The devices are different, the files are "different". Somebody figured out that the difference is 28 bytes, and how to align those 28 with a program named kindlefix. We wouldn't be having this discussion if the difference was "the whole file" is different, and nobody figured out to make them compatible.
In fact, though, non DRM mobi files from mobipocket are supported by Amazon on Kindle, so you could thank them for that. Ha. Ha. Lighten up.
You ask "why did they (be so mean-spirited, and "unfair")..."? Start another thread. This one is about kindlefix.