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Originally Posted by DNSB
For what it is worth, I tend to agree with Quoth. I happily remove DRM from books I have purchased and then convert formats, edit and make backups. I do not remove DRM from library books, Kobo Plus, Kindle Unlimited or Kindle Prime books since they are loans, i.e. I can't kid myself that I own them. YMMV but that's where I stand.
This leaves Kindle owners outside the USA with a dilemma since I am not aware of another country where Kindle format ebooks are available as public library loans. Epub, PDF and some specialized apps aren't much use in the Amazon ecosystem.
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I started reading the local library (In Ireland) on Borrowbox app on phone and tablet. Most Kindle owners have one or other of those (though my dad only used PC and Kindle).
The majority of even Kindle ebooks are not read on eink, but on phones & tablets.
In the end I bought an Android eInk. About the cost of 15 retail non-discount paper books and the Library has no subscription (you just need to be resident). It also now has Lichess, K9-mail, and ebook apps for Borrowbox, Libby (local library magazines & comics etc), Google Playbooks, Kobo app, Kindle App. It has a better native PDF reader than Kindle or Kobo and easier to adjust than KOreader (used on it rarely for epubs only, and simple install direct from Git.)
I read all bought ebooks (from any store, but I don't use Apple or Barnes & Noble), PD ebooks, and texts to proof, on my Kobo Sage.
Kindle app or Kindle eink is fine for people wanting KU borrowing, but eink is a minority of Amazon users. An android eink with the Kindle app is more general purpose than a Kindle eink.
But neither a Kobo nor Kindle works for borrowing books from anywhere, each only books in some places.