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Originally Posted by bwaldron
eReader is fine, and arguably uses a better -- i.e., not locked to specific device(s) -- DRM scheme than Mobi. Of course, you need a device/application that supports the format.
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Yea okay, maybe I wrote it little bit too haste without thinking through. Not that I would mind about the device locking. It is allowed to use more that one device at same time and also change the devices when needed. I guess problems arise only if the service goes down and if you then change devices.
However, I don't know about your country, but here the credit card is a privilege only for those who have jobs. That already excludes some of the potential customers and as the FAQ states, not all international cards might work even if legitimate and branded as VISA. Within my short live I have already experienced two kind problems with such transactions (most purchases still work tho):
1) once the transaction was refused because some idiot decided that Finland as a whole country should be blacklisted
2) EA Online Store doesn't seem to work for me. I have to use PayPal with them. I don't know why
Thus, even if credit card dependent DRM might be a good alternative for device locked DRM, I still think it is a damn good thing that such DRM isn't the only alternative.