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Originally Posted by Inquisitive_Ram
And within 10 years I predict it won't be possible to strip DRM from any new book. I think it isn't possible to strip DRM now for any KFX books post Jan23 and the workarounds just deliver an earlier file version via 'download via usb' or an older Kindle, and the DRM is stripped from that older file.
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You're wrong about everything, except that many do sign up to one walled garden.
Ebooks predate eink by maybe 10 years.
Amazon did ebooks before they had the Kindle and at various stages used Mobipocket DRM and Adobe DRM.
DRM has never stopped commercial piracy, and won't. Commercial pirates can scan an ARC before any ebook or paper book published and OCR it.
You can automatically page turn and photo an ereader or screen capture a tablet all automatically and OCR.
KFX is defeated.
All video and audio DRM is easily defeated. Easier than it ever was.
Commercial ebooks with DRM are at least 25 years old. The ebook is over 50 years old. Nothing much will change in the next 10 years. It will get easier to photo every page and OCR, so eventually that can easily be done at home instead of mostly commercial pirates, so people might not bother breaking the DRM which will ALWAYS be breakable as the reading device or app has to have the key!
Also DRM might even become illegal, as it's more about a walled garden and controlling consumers than genuine anti-piracy. It's anti-consumer and anti-competitive and doesn't stop commercial piracy.