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Originally Posted by issybird
What “I still don’t understand” is why people who care haven’t taken their business elsewhere, at least those who sideload their books anyway, which seems to be a lot, given how many never connect to WiFI. I get that some must prefer the ease of direct download as far as reading goes (as do I), but also want to make sure they can access their books in perpetuity. But at least acknowledge that’s a pact you’ve made with the devil, so to speak.
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Why should I, as long as I can still deDRM my purchases? Plus, I don't buy only from Amazon and have never bought only from Amazon. I'm pragmatic enough not to want to inconvenience myself merely for the sake of principles, knowing it makes no difference to Amazon one way or the other. So I buy some of my books from them as long as I can liberate my purchases. I draw the line at buying books with an unremovable DRM, not only on principle, but also because I want to make my own personal backups. At the moment Amazon DRM is not yet unremovable.