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Originally Posted by drofgnal
I don't see the reasoning behind eliminating download and transfer if other methods still work.
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The goal is to make it difficult to take your books elsewhere so that you continue to engage with Amazon, see products that they promote, and buy from them. It does not need to be impossible to extract books from Amazon, just difficult enough to keep a large majority from attempting it.
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Originally Posted by Graham44
Because it's probably only the start of totally locking you in, I bet Amazon won't stop at just this one change.
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I do think that Amazon will continue to eliminate means of extracting books, especially where it can be done with little downside to them, such as preventing downloads by outdated apps and updating their DRM over time.
Eliminating the ability to extract books from older Kindle models that no longer receive firmware updates is far less likely to happen due to the backlash it would generate from Kindle owners. But many said the same thing about eliminating Download & Transfer so I could be wrong about that.
Personally I believe that Amazon would acquire many more customers through good will by selling downloadable DRM-free ebooks than they would lose by doing that. Clearly Amazon's management does not agree.