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Old 04-03-2009, 04:36 PM   #628
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Liviu_5 View Post
Actually the first part is not "let's say" since all devices break sooner rather than later and eink ones are fragile so I expect a Kindle to have a 2-3 year average life.

The second part - maybe there will be Kindle 3 in 2 years, but what in 10 years?
Of course *Amazon* wants you to keep buying Kindle 3, Kindle 4...

The whole "never encountered a problem" with drm works only if you regard books as disposable the way magazines are. That of course is anyone's prerogative, but most people do not regard books so
Sure if your K1 breaks and needs replacing, you can purchase a K2. But any saved newspapers or Blogs will all be worthless as they do expire from Amazon and the PID in them will not work on the new K2. So really, DRM is going to eventually keep you from accessing content that you've legally paid for sometime in the future.
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