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And even once they’ve “learned their lesson” what do you propose they purchase instead? The non-DRM alternatives are often no where near as convenient, if they’
by elliekelly 7y ago
And even once they’ve “learned their lesson” what do you propose they purchase instead? The non-DRM alternatives are often no where near as convenient, if they’re available at all.
- mratzloff 7y agoI buy physical copies. In the cases where I buy digital media, I strip the DRM. I also support DRM-free vendors, like gog.com. You can't depend on companies to honor their agreements in perpetuity, especially when there's no direct, ongoing economic incentive to do so.
- DavideNL 7y agoWell having your book collection suddenly deleted is not convenient either... So, the alternatives: 1. Buying a real/paper book 2. Pirating/illegal downloading The best option seems doing both, you support the author by buying the real book, and download a pirated copy for convenience.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoDRM-free eBooks aren't actually all that hard to find, though it varies by publisher. There are plenty of publishers who sell all of their books DRM-free. And plenty of larger platforms like Kobo tell you at the bottom whether it's a DRM-free EPUB or has Adobe DRM attached, etc.