Yes. I don't like the idea of someone being able to take[1] a book from me that I've bought, I don't like the idea of someone being able to track[2] what I'm re

Yes. I don't like the idea of someone being able to take[1] a book from me that I've bought, I don't like the idea of someone being able to track[2] what I'm reading, I don't like the idea of only being able to read it on one device or one subsection of devices through their service. I have rather dark pictures of a world where inconvenient knowledge is deleted, and the agencies involved know who's had a copy and if they've read it. Some of these are fixable by stripping the DRM out of the things. But I don't see why I'd give my money to support people doing things I don't like that much for the privilege of trying to undo what they've done. If I bought an ebook and the file was delivered in a reasonable plain-text format, and was mine in the same sense that a book was... If I was ensured that the device wasn't a massive backdoor... yeah, I'd probably buy myself an ereader and consume most of my books that way. But, as things are at the moment? I wouldn't use the things even if I was paid to. I view it as little different to inviting someone with a camera and an incinerator to sit beside me as a I read. ---- 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18ama... 2. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/2010-e-book-buyers-guide-e-book-privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/2010-e-book-buyers-gui...