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There are significant problems with both options. For Amazon, when you buy an eBook, you are essentially given a license to use it. Amazon can revoke that - we

There are significant problems with both options. For Amazon, when you buy an eBook, you are essentially given a license to use it. Amazon can revoke that - we've all heard of people moving to another country to see their entire library disappear, only (hopefully) remedied after enough hell was raised on some website. As for Play Books, lets imagine you are a Android developer working on the next great thing, and you are an ethical person. Still, you can make a mistake. Suspension of an app is considered a strike against the good standing of your developer account: “Additional suspensions of any nature may result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts.” You would lose everything, eMail, books, etc. So while I don't expect these problems, knowing there is a small possibility, with almost no chance of remedy by a human on the other end, dissuades me from investing lots of money in that ecosystem.

cstejerean 9y ago
If you are an Android developer it seems like it may be a good idea to use a dedicated Google account for Android development and keeping that separate from your personal email account that you use for Gmail, etc.
- swiley 9y ago
  Google is very good at linking those and it sounds like people have had their non-developer accounts suspended before.
  - HappyTypist 9y ago
    Correct, I've had a Google account suspension result in 4 linked accounts being suspended. The others were restored after an appeal though.
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imgabe 9y ago
It's trivial to remove the DRM from Amazon books and save a copy.
- CtrlAltT5wpm 9y ago
  It's no longer so trivial since Amazon moved to the KFX format.
JeremyBanks 9y ago
> we've all heard of people moving to another country to see their entire library disappear Have we? I've moved between countries and updated my Amazon account a couple of times, and still have everything. It sounds like you're taking about a bug, not licensing.

cstejerean 9y ago

If you are an Android developer it seems like it may be a good idea to use a dedicated Google account for Android development and keeping that separate from your personal email account that you use for Gmail, etc.

swiley 9y ago
Google is very good at linking those and it sounds like people have had their non-developer accounts suspended before.
- HappyTypist 9y ago
  Correct, I've had a Google account suspension result in 4 linked accounts being suspended. The others were restored after an appeal though.
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imgabe 9y ago

It's trivial to remove the DRM from Amazon books and save a copy.

CtrlAltT5wpm 9y ago
It's no longer so trivial since Amazon moved to the KFX format.

JeremyBanks 9y ago

> we've all heard of people moving to another country to see their entire library disappear Have we? I've moved between countries and updated my Amazon account a couple of times, and still have everything. It sounds like you're taking about a bug, not licensing.