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JSWolf · 01-03-2021, 11:02 AM

Lets say you own a Kindle.That Kindle breaks or the battery has worn out. So you decide you would like to get a Kobo instead.

Do you feel trapped by Amazon because it's not legal to remove the DRM whee you live or do you just remove the DRM and buy the Kobo you want? Me, I would buy the Kobo and remove the DRM to read on my Kobo.

When I had my Sony Reader, I did buy eBooks in MS Reader (LIT) format because I was able to remove the DRM.

@ottischwenk, when Microsoft shut down their DRM servers, all the MS Reader (LIT) eBooks that had DRM were then unable to be read. Lots of people lost access to legally purchased eBooks. When Amazon stopped selling eBooks (before the Kindle) when someone needed to update the DRM in order to be able to read the legally purchased eBooks, they could not and lost access to their legally purchased eBooks. But if the DRM was removed, there would have been no loss of legally purchased content. How would you feel if you lost all of your eBooks because you can no longer read them because of the DRM?

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,064 Karma: 147983159 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Lets say you own a Kindle.That Kindle breaks or the battery has worn out. So you decide you would like to get a Kobo instead. Do you feel trapped by Amazon because it's not legal to remove the DRM whee you live or do you just remove the DRM and buy the Kobo you want? Me, I would buy the Kobo and remove the DRM to read on my Kobo. When I had my Sony Reader, I did buy eBooks in MS Reader (LIT) format because I was able to remove the DRM. @ottischwenk, when Microsoft shut down their DRM servers, all the MS Reader (LIT) eBooks that had DRM were then unable to be read. Lots of people lost access to legally purchased eBooks. When Amazon stopped selling eBooks (before the Kindle) when someone needed to update the DRM in order to be able to read the legally purchased eBooks, they could not and lost access to their legally purchased eBooks. But if the DRM was removed, there would have been no loss of legally purchased content. How would you feel if you lost all of your eBooks because you can no longer read them because of the DRM? Last edited by JSWolf; 01-03-2021 at 11:07 AM.