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It's really simple. Amazon may make things convenient, but, they're also holding you to their beck and whim with these devices. Hold out until you can can own
by spkthed 17y ago
It's really simple. Amazon may make things convenient, but, they're also holding you to their beck and whim with these devices. Hold out until you can can own drm-free software and products so you can actually own things. If you don't, you're leasing something from Amazon and stealing it if you break the DRM.
Support fair business practices. DRM isn't.
- old-gregg 17y agoJesus... Looks like I'm sticking to laptops + PDFs. From product reviews: "... if your Kindle 1 breaks or you purchase a Kindle 2 all your Newspaper and Magazine issues will be UNREADABLE on the replacement or new device ..." Here is one more, seems like committing to electronic formats you're asking for trouble even when upgrading to another version of the same product: "... I have a tremendous volume of Kindle content (public domain and Amazon). I discovered that I could not directly transfer from my computer backup for Kindle 1 to the new K2 ..." Another one: "... Although Amazon says it keeps you content on their server, I found many instances where I could not download my books to my computer because the item THAT I PAID FOR was not available for download to my new Kindle2..."
- mapleoin 17y agoBut really... There are other ebook readers besides the kindle.. iRex let you use open formats, and the software is also opensource and in continuous development: http://www.irextechnologies.com/ http://www.irextechnologies.com/
- Zev 17y agoA lot of the Kindle's source is Open Source as well, under a GPL license. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200203720 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&...