The fundamental problem here is that bad apples don’t respect common sense agreements. If everyone who owned a kindle book, agreed to never share the downloaded version of the book for free on the internet, companies would not have to do this. I don’t see what’s the solution, if buying a kindle ebook is allowing you to share it for free on the internet. In the past people were limited by a physical copy, they could give the copy but only 1 copy could exist at a time, now without that limit, people need to do something to protect against piracy. I don’t like this solution, but I don’t see what’s the alternative?

I see this claim often but bypassing DRM is an inevitability to the point where it's commonly done within hours of a new release simply for the fun of doing it.

And to quote Gabe Newell (founder and owner of Valve, the company that operates Steam):

> "We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

> The proof is in the proverbial pudding. “Prior to entering the Russian market, we were told that Russia was a waste of time because everyone would pirate our products. Russia is now about to become [Steam’s] largest market in Europe,” Newell said.

from https://www.escapistmagazine.com/Valves-Gabe-Newell-Says-Pir...

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There are certainly cases where people will pirate to avoid paying but in the event that the option to pirate is not available, they will generally just go without instead. The only situations where piracy really becomes a matter of pricing is in the openly exploitative services like Academic Journals.

Hah. I love how you put the alleged rights of companies over the rights of people.

"If you buy our Hulu Movie you can only watch it up to 4 people. We'll install cameras in your house to make sure you're not sharing them with a partner. What else can we do if you don't respect our increasingly shittier terms and conditions?"

Come on, man. No one guarantees you total security. Make good products. The belief that you have a right to surveil and intrude to protect against piracy is just so ludicrous. Specially when companies are constantly abusing people for profit.