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Originally Posted by cellaris
Can't you already buy e-books from places other than Amazon and read them on whatever brand device you prefer, including Kindle? That's what I do. And that's regardless of what changes Amazon makes regarding DRM.
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Only if those ebooks do not have DRM. If I purchased a DRMmed ePub or borrow one from a library, I would need to remove DRM before I could send it to a Kindle device either over USB or using a Send to Kindle option. And note that my personal stance is that I do not remove DRM from loans whether they be library, Kobo Plus or Kindle Unlimited.
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Originally Posted by cellaris
The only e-books (if they put obstacles in the way of DRM removal) that you wouldn't be able to read on other devices would be the ones that Amazon has exclusivity on. And you have two options: either you read them on their devices or you don't read them at all (because you won't be able to buy them elsewhere and you won't be able to remove the DRM). But this last option that you all repeat ("if I can't remove the DRM I won't buy books from Amazon again") doesn't provide any solution to the problem you are so worried about. What you are proposing is simply to give up reading certain e-books on an e-reader. Which is fine as a personal decision, as long as you are clear that it doesn't solve the problem.
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For me, there are so many books that I want to read that having some of them unavailable due to Amazon exclusivity and unbreakable DRM is not a big deal. I will simply read other books.