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Originally Posted by rlauzon
Right. DRM always locks you in to a specific vendor. Which leaves you at the vendor's mercy as to what device they will decide to support in the future.
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I do agree it locks that copy in to that specific vendor, but that's not what I contested. I pointed out that when it comes to ebooks, you are not particularly locked into a specific hardware platform. Ebooks happen to be far less restrictive than a lot of other content.
Compare this to a video game, for example. If you buy a game for a Nintendo DS, you are thoroughly locked into that vendor, that platform, and that hardware device.
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Originally Posted by rlauzon
Then please show us how to read DRMed Kindle eBooks on a non-Amazon supported device. Or how about DRMed Sony eBooks on a non-Sony device? Or DRMed B&N eBooks on a non-B&N device?
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Again, these vendors are supporting a variety of devices: smartphones, PCs, readers. You have a lot more options than with console games or DRMed movies, or iTunes DRM'ed music at its start, for example.
Further, if I have an iPhone for example, there is no problem with my purchasing one Kindle ebook, a B&N ebook, and reading public domain books via Stanza or any number of other apps. So at worst a specific title that I purchase may be locked to a specific vendor, but
I certainly am not.
I concur things could be a bit more open, but the situations where your options are truly restricted are dwindling, as more and more platforms are supported.