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Originally Posted by Lemurion
The problem with ebooks is not that you lose them - but that you lose access to them even though you still have the files. With server-based DRM and limited device activations any DRM ebooks can become unreadable just because you've either used all your device activations and can't activate a new device or the server is down.
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Not to say that you're wrong, but I notice that people don't protest this aspect when it comes to video games and software -- which are significantly more expensive than books (though the total collection cost may not be as high). Why is this obsolescence acceptable for games, yet invokes the Furies when it comes to books -- even when it hasn't happened yet?
(And yes, some of us like to play older video games, almost as much as we like to read books we bought 20 years ago.
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