How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

Re:How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM by ash_091 on Thursday October 16, 2025 @06:56PM (#45611686)

> we just didn't care. Upper management seemed happy enough

This is very relatable. Management want X, engineers recognise X is dumb and deliver something that sorta looks like X, management see something that looks like X and are happy.

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Re:How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM by professorseth on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:59PM (#45612082)

You are exactly correct.

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Re:How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM by bambax on Friday October 17, 2025 @03:24AM (#45614111)

Yes, but it's still amazing coming from Amazon. Everyone hates Amazon now but it's hard to argue they're not incredibly successful; how did they get where they are if they're staffed with Dilbert's boss types?

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Re:How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM by cheapsteak on Friday October 17, 2025 @09:39AM (#45616698)

I wonder if the start of the causal chain (or at least the intended audience) might be book publishers rather than people in Amazon

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