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Originally Posted by cellaris
As I have already stated in other threads on this forum, I do not feel like I am in a walled garden when I use my Kindle e-readers (whether it is a PW5 or a PW6). I have the same books as on my other e-readers from other brands. And the vast majority of those books are purchased outside of Amazon.
But if I had to choose between being inside the wall or outside, I'd choose to be inside. Simply because it gives me more options. If being outside the wall gave me something special I would consider it, but I can't find a benefit that I can't have by being inside.
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For me, being inside a walled garden means I cannot liberate my ebooks, to make personal backups, to change the formatting, to read them on any device/app I want. Those are major disadvantages for me, which outweigh any conceivable advantages by lightyears.
YMMV. I'm well aware many or even most users don't care about DRM removal, personal backups, using Calibre and so on.