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To me Amazon has managed to innovate and outcompete. When reaching a quasi monopoly it all stopped and now it feels like being stuck with the worst parts of cap
by zxcb1 7y ago
To me Amazon has managed to innovate and outcompete. When reaching a quasi monopoly it all stopped and now it feels like being stuck with the worst parts of capitalism and socialism. Innovation can only take place from within the mega structure, according to its centrally planned corporate logic. If I could, I would take my books and leave. For that to happen they need to embrace open formats.
- VvR-Ox 7y ago1. I don't think so. What is innovative about the Kindle if you compare it to Onyx/Remarkable/Sony DP/Mirasol? 2. Putting all others out of competition is Amazons strategy and they do it all too well. But this is one of the main reasons innovation stops. 3. Innovation can also happen bottom up if you give people a chance. Unfortunately mega companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft etc. just buy everything that looks like it could become serious competition. Sometimes they just bury ideas (like it happened to the Pebble Smartwatch) and at other times they use the idea to transform it into something ugly (see WhatsApp). 4. You can probably leave. I think the security mechanism that protects the books can be broken and there are certain resources in the depth of the web where you can obtain a copy. I don't want to tell you to do that - just look at it as a thought experiment ;)
- zxcb1 7y agoThe Kindle system was innovative at the time with most books accessible within a minute. Yes, closed formats and systems prevent bottom up innovation which is what the Internet was originally about. I'm waiting for common sense and regulation, and if that does not happen I might buy the books again in epub format (~250)