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Old 03-14-2009, 03:03 PM   #10
tompe
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Originally Posted by Leep View Post
You are not able to purchase DRM'd content from booksellers other than Amazon or checkout library books without your Kindle PID. This gives Amazon a monopoly on what you read on your Kindle, and allows them to raise book prices to whatever they wish, because there is effectively no competition.
But this is how the Kindle is sold. So nothing has changed from a customers perspective. You cannot trust that workarounds will work forever.

By buying a Kindle you do support the creation of the Amazon monopoly. At least if you also buy books from Amazon.
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