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You crazy bastard. As if that device is actually yours. What’s next, actual ownership of the files within?
by tomcam 5y ago
You crazy bastard. As if that device is actually yours. What’s next, actual ownership of the files within?
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoTo be fair the Kindle is the cheapest e-reader you can find. Amazon needs to recoup the cost somehow.
- bathtub365 5y agoWhy should we be fair to Amazon? I consistently read on this site about how bad they are as an employer, company, and a web store.
- endorphine 5y agoAnd then you went and bought their product?
- mirntyfirty 5y agoI think it’s fair to complain about a company whose product you bought. I have both android phones and iphones and complain about the parent companies all the time. Same thing with Nike, P&G, J&J, and a handful of the other oversized American conglomerates.
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- bavarianbob 5y agoWe shouldn't. And ethical problems aside, a bad product is a bad product.
- FalconSensei 5y ago> and a web store Weird. On of the reasons I use a kindle is how the web store is better and has more content and sales than alternatives like Indigo (who sells Kobo)
- mindslight 5y agoAmazon's desire to sell a device for less than it costs to make is not our problem. Computational disenfranchisement is wrong, and technical measures to create disenfranchisement should be considered contrary to the public good the same way as many other abusive relationships are.
- andrei_says_ 5y agoDoesn’t Amazon make money on every single book purchased on the kindle?
- throwaway675309 5y agoI mean Amazon's model for the kindle is the equivalent of the maxim, "give away the razors so you can sell the blades".