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Coalition launches petition demanding that Amazon drop DRM from the Kindle
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- ryanwaggoner 17y agoI signed, even though I have a relatively low hope that this will make that much difference. Amazon probably wants a DRM-free ebook world too, but they don't have the clout yet to make it happen. They need to do what Apple did and corner the market, then force publishers to ditch the DRM. We'll see. Anyway, I really didn't care for this message that's displayed after the petition: If you have an Amazon account, you can add a thoughtful one-star review highlighting the Kindle's DRM -- and one for the DX too. While I think the DRM is a problem, I'm still getting a Kindle, and I think it's stupid for the FSF to encourage people to clog up the reviews with people who have a philosophical objection to the Kindle's DRM, but may have never even used one.
- potatolicious 17y agoIf you have an Amazon account, you can add a thoughtful one-star review highlighting the Kindle's DRM -- and one for the DX too. Yeah, this is highly questionable. I've always had a particular distaste for review-bombing. Find some other way to protest for your cause, reviews are for people who have used the product to some significant degree. Not to mention this presents a less-than-desirable image of yourself and your cause. Now you end up looking like a bunch of vandalizing anarchists instead of, say, thoughtful protesters with a real issue.