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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I'd say 5-10 years for Amazon ceasing to support new downloads of Kindle format files as most likely myself.
The other reason for removing DRM is to make life a lot more convenient /now/. By removing the DRM, I can have one file to take care of and make backups of, that can be read on any Kindle, Mac or Windows machine, without having to re-download for the specific machine I want to read it on. I can also read it on my phone.
If you only ever read on your Kindle, and you only buy from the Kindle store, and you don't use Kindle for Mac or Kindle for Windows, then the DRM probably doesn't affect you right now. But if any of those things changes, DRM will bite you on the bum.
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I'm fairly certain Amazon will always know what books you purchased, and should they change their format or get rid of DRM (and they are slowly loosening their grip), they would offer your books in that format. It's in their best interest to give as much support to the customer as possible. And if they support a new format, there is no reason their products wouldn't either.
There is no reason to think your purchases on Amazon would suddenly not be available anymore just because they don't support the amz format. Could you imagine the backlash?
Now should Amazon somehow go out of business (unlikely), it also wouldn't surprise me if, legally or illegally, a tool to crack the DRM wasn't made. But I don't see that happening. At worst they'd be taken over by another business and support for e-books would continue.
As for the convenience now, that's a very good reason.