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DRM is a serious problem for the ebook industry. Average device lifespan is about two years. Average DRM-with-format life span is probably about the same if you look at the history - lit, mobi, epub, etc.
Consumers may not be throwing a fit yet because they just bought their new device, but all those files you bought from Sony in LRX will have to be converted. Same with any mobi files you bought, to ePub, when Amazon switches over. And they will.
I can only imagine that we will be completely ignored when we start buying new devices. "So what, you switched to a Sony. Too bad! Your Amazon library is lost."
What really needs to happen is a test case against the DMCA for this issue. Someone needs to publish a book only in Mobi format with DRM, have a willing stranger break it for use on a different device, and file charges against them. Then take it all the way up. Just need some people with time and money on their hands, and a good lawyer.
The DMCA is a broken law, and just about everybody knows it. It needs to get fixed or killed.
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