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For music, same as you. Amazon.com for MP3s, but I'll usually check on Bandcamp.com first. EBooks are tougher, because all ebook platforms are DRMd in some fo

For music, same as you. Amazon.com for MP3s, but I'll usually check on Bandcamp.com first. EBooks are tougher, because all ebook platforms are DRMd in some form; Amazon has its own DRM, other storefronts use Adobe, and libraries use Overdrive or Adobe. I'll be honest and tell you that I remove the DRM on ebooks and add them to my Calibre library, for personal use only. I don't know whether sharing how to remove DRM is allowed on HN though. If you haven't heard of Calibre I highly recommend it. For games there's GOG.com and Itch.io. But many games nowadays are overwhelmingly on Steam, and many big titles now come with their own launchers or kernel level anti-cheats; it's nearly impossible to get popular games that are also DRM free. Movies/TV shows, I don't really watch anything.

akudha 4y ago
Is it legal to strip DRM, even if it is for personal use?
- ss48 4y ago
  There are definitely some cases at the very least, based on what library of congress determines as fair use. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/victory-users-librarian-congress-renews-and-expands-protections-fair-uses https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/victory-users-libraria... -- For other cases, if you choose to from a service you are subscribing to, you make end up violating terms of service, and at the very least give the company the right to stop continuing to providing the service (kindle or netflix), etc. to you. Not sure what else they could do in addition to that.