Comment on Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands.

• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Most services are forced to carry DRM only versions of Ebooks. But there are ways of legally removing the DRM - it’s a faff but doable. I buy epubs and don’t use Kindle (haven’t for a long time) as it’s much harder to remove the DRM and actually own your books.

  But way I look at it - if I bought the Kindle version of a book, I can just download a DRM free version by sailing the seas. Fuck Amazon.

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  • TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It is very easy to remove DRM from kindle Books.

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    • snakes_and_foxes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      i keep getting mixed msgs on this (then again, I could be misinterpreting) but it sounds like you can still download the ebook to your kindle (it will be in .kfx format), but if you plug the kindle into the computer and copy the .kfx file to it, that you should then be able to import it into calibre on your computer and the kfx plugin should strip the DRM.

      i haven’t tested this to be sure yet (my kindle library is already downloaded and i’ve just been buying ebooks from Kobo since the Amazon announcement)

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      • TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        itc.ua/…/amazon-has-canceled-the-feature-that-all…

        Starting February 26, 2025, the option «Download and transfer via USB» will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to Wi-Fi enabled devices by selecting the «Deliver or remove from device» option.»

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