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Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by bambax on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:10AM (#34173358)
I still buy Kindle books on Amazon occasionally, but immediately try to remove DRM and turn them into regular epub files in Calibre. It works 95% of the time. When it doesn't work I return them, and get 100% refund. It's an acceptable compromise.
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Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by bogomipz on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:51AM (#34174596)
Can Calibre deal with the newer Amazon DRM? I was under the impression that it could not at some point. Admittedly I haven't looked at either in years though so maybe that changed?
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Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by themadturk on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:14PM (#34179401)
It can if you are using an old-enough version of the Kindle reader app. Using an older version will allow you to download a copy of the file that lacks the latest protection scheme.

To try to prevent this, Amazon tries very hard to make sure you download and install the latest version of the Kindle app.

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Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by crayonviking on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:54AM (#34174646)
This is the way.
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