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Originally Posted by murraypaul
More accurately, because books from the Apple store are only available on one device, which is not true of Amazon.
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right. it's not so much i have a problem with Apple's DRM (I'm not happy about it, but I accept it) as much as the fact that those DRM protected files are only available on one platform. if I leave that platform or it goes away (you know, apple is just a fad and is dying/going away/going under soon) then i am SOL as far as my purchases. i have an old sony electronic book reader (the one that uses the minidiscs). sony discontinued it. where are my purchases today? every once in a while i fire it up and it still works and i can read my collection of 20 or so books if i choose. but one day it won't work and i'll have a stack of unreadable plastic discs (which have DRM on them btw).