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Originally Posted by bwaldron
Correct.
Of course, it was evident long ago that Amazon didn't want the Kindle PIDs out there, by removing Kindle support from Mobipocket Desktop versions beyond 6.0. Their software, their choice. But this recent action is over the top IMHO.
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The action was almost certainly triggered by the recent release of the Kindle iPhone application. "KindlePID" can be used as a part of a toolchain to allow one to buy books from the Kindle store and read them on an iPhone even if one doesn't own a Kindle, and that was never the intended use of it.