Amazon is getting even more possessive with Kindle e-books:
The word "draconian" might apply
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May 6, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: androidpolice.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: androidpolice.com
- This year, Amazon has already removed the website’s Download & Transfer via USB feature and required full email addresses for Send to Kindle.
- The announced change is intended to stop older app versions from downloading file formats that the report says are easier to use for DRM removal.
- Under a California law, Amazon had to clarify that buying a Kindle e-book provides only a license rather than the file, while the DMCA technically makes DRM removal illegal in the US.
- The report identifies Rakuten Kobo and Google Books as alternatives whose stores offer e-books in the EPUB format, which it says is easier to free from DRM.
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