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Sigh. This is not about individuals, it's about market behavior. I, myself, completely refuse to purchase DRM'ed books, preferring second hand books. So you're quite wrong on my motivations.
Deliberately refusing to sell to people is one of the major drivers of the darknet. Oh, you can't stop people from using the darknet, but as the music industry shows you can get them to pay as well. All they're doing is cutting themselves out of potential revenue.
And once more, this is not about reaching the publisher. They're not going to change path unless either the general public or authors tell them to, and Amazon reviews are tools for reaching those audiences, not publishers.
You may chose to laugh, and to ignore the evidence of what happens, but it's the same for all IP industries and I - working in that field - can't afford to. Literally.
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