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It really isn't convenient to be locked into an ecosystem. You should test your backup. And the best way to test a de-drmed book is by reading it.
by tjoff 4y ago
It really isn't convenient to be locked into an ecosystem.
You should test your backup. And the best way to test a de-drmed book is by reading it.
- dividedbyzero 4y agoOf course it's convenient, the big walled gardens are as successful as they are because they are very convenient as long as you're fairly typical (like the vast majority of people), you don't get kicked out (seems very unlikely) and they don't stop operating (not a big worry with Kindle). Scrounging books from ten different shops, giving my credit card to each, managing everything myself, no sync with my phone, higher prices, not finding some books because they're only on Kindle, that's inconvenient.
- FalconSensei 4y agoAmazon and Apple and all their users that like being in that ecosystem would disagree with you. I was never inconvenienced by being on the Kindle ecosystem, since anything I would like is there, and possibly for a lower price than the rest. Plus, the reader syncs to the cloud, and if I'm stuck waiting somewhere for an appointment, I can just continue reading on my phone. Using Calibre and de-drm-ing books is way more of an inconvenience. If anything ever happens and Amazon wipes out my library, I would just feel like I could get an already de-drm-ed "backup" from someone else, to the same effect as doing the process myself
- tjoff 4y agoIt is a matter of perspective, and a very shortsighted one versus a more sustainable one. Because of that mindset we don't deserve better than the Amazon and Apple of today. And boy are we worse for it, inconvenient doesn't even start to begin to explain it.
- fomine3 4y agoI heard many complains about Kindle. For non-DRM books, I upload it to Google Play Books so I can read it via cloud and sync like Kindle.