Why is this article so high up? It's a blog post by an Amazon associate who fails at following basic instructions (dedrm tells you how to remove the new DRM and how to do it without a physical device)
It's probably not high up because it's a great blog post, but it sparked a discussion and with the news from a few days ago that some big provider's ebooks will stop working because of DRM issues it's a topic on people's minds.
Consider that it's useful for y'all to hear from power users who aren't programmers. Also I wrote this last year, so it doesn't have whatever the newest advances are. The point of documenting my experience was both to share knowledge and demonstrate what a pain in the ass this is.
Because of the recent Microsoft ebook store shutdown and people are concerned about losing other ebooks.