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Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books (goodereader.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 66 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The problem is some authors signing exclusivity deal with Amazon, which means breaking the DRM and converting it is the only way to read it on a different e-reader.

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  • [–] 106 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Too bad. Then theres no sale unless I can crack the DRM ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This. All of these problems are solved by people not giving money. But often it seems difficult for people to actually stand behind principle when the time comes -- convenience is a helluva drug.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    It's only takes one person to crack those books and spread them across the high seas and the only way to force authors to abandon Amazon.

    There are always people who extra motivated by these challenges. The fact that these are written texts and shown on a screen means there will always be away to scrap the content off even if that involves a camera on a second device.

    DRM only hurts customers who want to pay for content.

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