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Originally Posted by Lief
... What they should fix, however, is the presence of drm where the author has explicitly excluded it.
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I agree with this and have no problem with you reporting a "bug" in Kindle for PC. My concern is with your using Download & Transfer as evidence of the "bug" in Kindle for PC, which could just cause Amazon to add the "bug" to Download & Transfer so that you can no longer use it as evidence.
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Originally Posted by Lief
... it's not like keeping the "Download & Transfer by USB" option "safe" is that important (and I don't believe amazon forgot about it and is keeping it alive because they want, they just have to because old kindles do not read new drm)... it only works for those who own a Kindle that is really old today, given how things are what makes sense to do is to make a drm-free backup (while still possible with Kindle PC app previous version or the old Download & Transfer by USB method) and buy ebooks elsewhere like on kobo (if after that the new DRM will be defeated again we can think about that in a different way).
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First, Download & Transfer works for all eink Kindles, even new ones. So this affects everyone who owns an eink Kindle, not just old Kindles.
I get that you think this is not important, and you think it's no big deal to buy ebooks elsewhere. Fine, that's your choice. But other people like Download & Transfer and would like to keep it the way it is. Telling them they can just buy books elsewhere because
you don't care about Download & Transfer is like blowing up everyone's boats because you don't care about yours.
Also, I'm sure Amazon hasn't forgotten that Download & Transfer provides DRM-free ebooks when the author/publisher specifies. So far they seem content to leave it that way, which is good. But if there's a big fuss about Download & Transfer and DRM, they may decide to make changes, which is contrary to the purpose of this thread.