I’m shocked at this unforeseeable turn of events.
Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books
Submitted 5 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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db2@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The current timeline is truly a constant stream of unanticipated surprises
CameronDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
Tangent, but I have had an incredibly poor experience getting a library eBook onto a kindle. Libby gives out time restricted epubs - fair enough, I am actually borrowing the book, that makes sense. Kindle, despite being the “goto” ereader, and epubs being a standard format, cannot read them.
So, despite wanting to legitimately borrow and read the book, instead I am borrowing and DeDRM’ing it (which is its own convoluted process).
Why is Amazon pushing so hard for piracy? Its one thing to make their store easier to use, but breaking all other valid use cases just leaves the one remaining option…
roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Amazon and Kindle have always been upfront about only supporting their proprietary format and people just chose to ignore it.
Never had any trouble with my Nook.
CameronDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
I dont think that is true at all. They describe it as an e-reader and its reasonable to assume that that means it can read e-books. They even list EPUB on the supported formats section of the specs. No caveat there about only partially supporting EPUB.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 5 months ago
Really? I’ve never had an issue. Libby sends me directly to Amazon to “check out” the book, so I don’t have to upload it to the Kindle manually.
CameronDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
Apparently for america, it works relatively seamlessly, but the rest of the world doesnt. No idea why, but that is what my brief research told me.
goldenbug@fedia.io 5 months ago
I have a kobo ereader, it connects to my local library through the overdrive system and I am soooo happy.
CameronDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
Yeah, definitely considering that as a replacement.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I transitioned from a Kindle to an iPad. It just works better and you can get refurbished older iPads with an excellent OLED screen and warranty for less than a new Kindle in most cases.
HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 5 months ago
Yeah but the goal of a ereader is to not have to read on a normal screen but on something that look more like paper
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 5 months ago
refurbished older iPads with an excellent OLED screen
The only iPads with OLED screens are the current generation of iPad Pro with the M4 chip. Every other iPad is an LCD screen (very good LCD, with deep blacks and very good local dimming, but still LCD).
berty@feddit.org 5 months ago
That’s what they want. If you don’t agree don’t get a kindle.
CameronDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
They list EPUB as a supported format. Nothing on their site says DRM EPUB doesnt work.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 months ago
This is why it sucks that physical print media is on the decline, because one could just scan their own PDFs instead if physical print media was still commonplace.
jodanlime@midwest.social 5 months ago
Have you ever scanned a book? It’s an arduous process and I don’t think most people would go through all the hassle. The files will also never look as clean as an ebook that was made from scratch. There are plenty of other readers and book stores that aren’t at this level of greed, and most libraries have some way to borrow ebooks these days.
krashmo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Are you suggesting that most people would rather scan 400+ pages of a physical book than deal with ebook DRM? Because that sounds like the worst, most tedious option to me. I’m confident most would never consider scanning a viable option.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 months ago
That’s even assuming the book you want is available and wasn’t a super limited printing that you couldn’t even begin to afford in the first place.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 months ago
There’s specialized hardware out there since the 80s(?) That does this sort of thing for you. All it takes is one person and now the book is “out”. I worked with one for historical texts. Worked really well. It was so cool to see it in action.
A lot of younger people are into physical media. Its cool to see.
otacon239@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah, not to mention the actual advantages that come with the format, such as search, highlighting, multiple bookmarks, nets, etc. Yes, you can do most of these with a physical, but not without marking up your original copy or having extra materials on hand. Just way more convenient overall.