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Originally Posted by charleski
It's pretty obvious that a typical end user would like to buy a shiny new iPad and still be able to read the books bought for their old Sony. It's pretty obvious that the current fractured state of the ebook market in which books bought at store A won't work on device X is a major factor in limiting its growth and merely causes frustration for customers. Of course that's a 'bad thing'!
This has nothing to do with 'extreme users', who will simply strip the DRM and convert the format. This is about the ordinary customer who simply wants to be able to read the books they bought.
It's certainly not about quality control. It's about Apple wanting to snub Adobe for wider political reasons.
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Id argue that the TYPICAl end user almost never re-reads a novel they buy. so seems pretty obvious that they wouldnt be bothered to me.
Im a massive reader and i only re-read probably 5% of my books, the average guy on the street who reads Dan Brown, lee child etc im guessing pretty much never rereads.
of course we are both guessing unless you have some data to suggesr reading already read books is important factor for typical end users.