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I have the DX and have been very happy with it, so far. Amazon has no control over content you add on to it yourself; they never know about your own PDFs. This

by yan 17y ago

I have the DX and have been very happy with it, so far. Amazon has no control over content you add on to it yourself; they never know about your own PDFs. This is the major reason why I bought the device and what I mostly use it for. I seldom buy Kindle books, and I get those on the Kindle that I just want to read and don't particularly care what happens in the long run. On the remote erasing feature, I really, sincerely doubt they would ever try that shit again. The amount of bad publicity this earned them, it'd be ridiculous for them to even imply doing it. Bezos personally apologized for it and if they do it again, it would cost him his credibility.

gcheong 17y ago
They've definitely changed their policy. This is an e-mail I received from Amazon a while back: Hello, We are writing to inform you that we need to refund your purchase of the book 'The Little Prince or Le Petit Prince ILLUSTRATED (mobi).'. This book was added to our catalog by a third-party who we now believe did not have the rights to make the book available for sale. We will be removing the book from our servers, making it unavailable for re-downloading from your archived items. Any copies you already have on your Kindle devices will not be removed, but you may choose to remove any such copies yourself. The total refund amount of $0.99 will be credited to your account in 3-5 business days.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  The fact they didn't remove it this time has no relationship whatsoever with their ability or willingness to do so in the future. You may call it yours, but, in the end, they control every aspect of it.
  - yan 17y ago
    That's based on nothing. Turn off wireless on your kindle; it's 100% your device that as far as they're concerned, no longer exists.
    - rbanffy 17y ago
      And what happens to pending orders when the network is activated for, say, web browsing? The device obeys orders from Amazon, period. It also obeys your orders unless they conflict with what Amazon ordered. So much for your gadget.
rbanffy 17y ago
"Amazon has no control over content you add on to it yourself; they never know about your own PDFs" I see no reason to believe they have no way to examine the contents of your device.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  I suppose the person who downvoted this has a reason to believe Amazon will play nice after deleting books without user consent, so, please, share your reasons.

by yan 17y ago

gcheong 17y ago

They've definitely changed their policy. This is an e-mail I received from Amazon a while back: Hello, We are writing to inform you that we need to refund your purchase of the book 'The Little Prince or Le Petit Prince ILLUSTRATED (mobi).'. This book was added to our catalog by a third-party who we now believe did not have the rights to make the book available for sale. We will be removing the book from our servers, making it unavailable for re-downloading from your archived items. Any copies you already have on your Kindle devices will not be removed, but you may choose to remove any such copies yourself. The total refund amount of $0.99 will be credited to your account in 3-5 business days.

rbanffy 17y ago
The fact they didn't remove it this time has no relationship whatsoever with their ability or willingness to do so in the future. You may call it yours, but, in the end, they control every aspect of it.
- yan 17y ago
  That's based on nothing. Turn off wireless on your kindle; it's 100% your device that as far as they're concerned, no longer exists.
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    And what happens to pending orders when the network is activated for, say, web browsing? The device obeys orders from Amazon, period. It also obeys your orders unless they conflict with what Amazon ordered. So much for your gadget.

rbanffy 17y ago

"Amazon has no control over content you add on to it yourself; they never know about your own PDFs" I see no reason to believe they have no way to examine the contents of your device.

rbanffy 17y ago
I suppose the person who downvoted this has a reason to believe Amazon will play nice after deleting books without user consent, so, please, share your reasons.