You have none of these fears, and none of these issues.
The illegal method is more convenient and has less problems associated with it than the legal method.
The removal of items and features from a device I have purchased should be seen as theft.
Why are consumers being asked to pay money for a right to view an item, rather than to own the item? Why is there any difference in ownership within the digital world (for the same price or more) to the book I hold in my hand?
Why?
Simply because companies have found a way to utilise technology to exploit the consumer and increase their own profits.
Consumers sometimes think, quite wrongly, that if the company were to go out of business they would release a 'key' to unlock all their DRM purchases. If Amazon decides the Kindle is no longer profitable and they shut it down, consumers think that all their books will become unlocked.I think history has shown us that is not true.
There needs to be a strong movement from the community at large against these business practices which are no longer about Intellectual Property,and encouraging innovation and are instead simply about milking the market.
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