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The ereader scene is just a disaster that shows the dangers of prioritizing DRM. I had ereaders for two decades, managed to read about 6 books on them and ultimately have almost nothing to do with related media forms because of the experience which replaced any actual reading routine with jumping through hoops.

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I've owned an ereader for about a decade and never felt that I need to jump through any hoops to read a book on it. I've been getting my books from some gal called Anna. Apparently she has a pretty impressive archive.

I truly hope you're buying books as well - authors (and editors, illustrators, translators, etc) should be rewarded for their art.

Yes, it's not hard to do both.

One of my favourite writers only publishes on Amazon, so I subscribe to their Patreon to offset the fact I "acquire" their books with alternate means.

The Kindle scene is a disaster that shows the dangers of prioritizing DRM. Meanwhile, I'm buying DRM-free books and keeping them in Calibre and reading on KOReader. It's a great experience.

My experience with the Kindle is great, but I mostly use the Kindle Unlimited subscription to read progression fantasy. Good value, easy to use. The quality of the content is very mixed, as any PF fan will tell you, but them's the breaks.

I get the DRM hate but I've had a kindle, a few at this point, for roughly 14 years. I've read over 6 books this year alone. Not sure it's the device if you've only manage to read 6 books in 20 years.

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