• LaggyKar@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    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.

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      The problem is some authors signing exclusivity deal with Amazon

      Well then those authors can go straight to corpo-sellout hell and die a painful death, I’d rather never read a book again than buy from amazon.

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days 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.