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I don't see any incentive for Amazon to do that. Even if you do not buy any books from Amazon you still paid them for the Kindle. And if you have a Kindle you m
by pasc1878 1y ago
I don't see any incentive for Amazon to do that.
Even if you do not buy any books from Amazon you still paid them for the Kindle. And if you have a Kindle you might buy the odd book from them.
Also the Kindle is marketed as allowing you to put your own documents on it.
Yes Amazon want to stop you reading books licensed from then on anything but a Kindle but not the other way around.
- NoboruWataya 1y agoAs I understand it they don't make much money from the sale of the Kindle itself as they want to lock you into their ebook ecosystem which is where they make their money. I don't have hard figures though. They may market it like that now, but that can change. If Google can stop you sideloading apps on Android, I have no doubt Amazon could try to stop you sideloading books on your Kindle.
- jimnotgym 1y agoThis will be a nice foundation for an anti trust case. 1) sell device at break even/loss to gain market share 2) retrospectively lock out all content not from amazon
- nikanj 1y agoNow you just need a legal system that will pursue anti trust cases
- itopaloglu83 1y agoAnd before that you need a congress that will pass legislation to prevent such cases or even allow existing laws to be applied by not actively intervening.