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Originally Posted by sourcejedi
+1. I don't read the posts here as being defensive in tone. I do think it's funny people kept feeling it was worth adding their own "No, I didn't" posts, without talking about DRM which was the OPs real point :-).
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Yeah, I was a little discouraged when several of the initial posts didn't even recognize the issues that I'm a little depressed over. I mean yeah, I guess my title question was a little simplistic and a Yes/No answer was entirely valid, but...
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in answer to that question, there are three options
1. Keep on buying DRM'd books, and DRM readers, from the same source.
2. Crack the DRM.
2 b) Grab the books off the darknet
3. Buy only books without DRM.
I don't see anything wrong with 3). It's just saddening if all this only sinks in _after_ you've bought your e-reader. Hopefully you can afford to chalk it up as a learning experience about technology and markets.
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I'm already into option 2 and have started use of Calibre so I don't have to worry about option 1. Am I frustrated at the moment about having to do so? Yes.
Don't get me wrong here...I don't plan to (at least at the moment) entirely give up ebooks. Now when the K1 dies, who knows. But with new devices and prices going down all the time I would probably buy some sort of inexpensive device to support any ebooks I already have. But even for my fiction novels I am going to re-evaluate a bit on what I buy in paper and what I buy in ebook.