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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3901395" data-attributes="member: 39593">ExactlyThat's why I bought the Sony version earlier while it was still available.  I had this intuition that the corporations manufacturing these things were going to start getting more and more restrictive with their code and DRM.  So I wanted to get mine before this became standard.I have a few main problems with the Kindle1.)  It's wireless, for me that's a major no-no, it's a book reader it doesn't NEED wireless capacity and that capacity is a massive security vulnerability.2.)  It connects to Amazon's service, not my home network, and I can't download directly to the device.  Instead I'd have to buy books in a DRM format from their service.  And if I wanted to read my own files, which are in open standard formats I might add, I'd have to send them to Amazon and PAY for them to be converted to a proprietary format for the device.  And what happens then Amazon eventually pulls the plug on its authentication or goes under those protected files are worthless, not to mention all YOUR files they had a nice long look and probably kept copies of.3.)  The damned thing calls home using its wireless capacity to inform Amazon of all your usage habits.  In short if you want to get an e-Reader while I'll happily endorse e-paper as a great new technology find something other than the Kindle.  That thing is a nightmare waiting to happen for customers.  There's a Sony e-paper book reader that's slightly smaller but in about the same price range and has far fewer restrictions with easy to bypass or break DRM.  And I think at least one more model from Europe that's comparable with a somewhat larger screen and a bit more expensive as a result.</blockquote>

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