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Originally Posted by jhowell
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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Yes, it's about control, not piracy.
Logically they might make WiFi automatic, or only have iOS and Android apps. They want to outdo Apple in the walled garden thing.
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Send to Kindle only takes non-Kindle documents.
Scribe needs multiple connections to Amazon and conversion of PDFs. That's not a technical need, but walled garden control. Other systems, some better, don't need a server/cloud conversion.
Publishers can request DRM free, but with Wispernet KFX that is gone. The DRM free titles should be still DRM free on K3 to PW1 (azw3). Some Cell/Mobile only Kindles still can get mobi, which can be DRM free, but only in small number of countries where the modem still has a compatible mast. Not sure why Amazon hasn't cancelled the SIM here. The DXG still working!