Barring a point-by-point analysis, his interesting points include: - Non-ethical corporate compliance with surveillance activities. - Pay-for-placement allega

Barring a point-by-point analysis, his interesting points include: - Non-ethical corporate compliance with surveillance activities. - Pay-for-placement allegations. (Especially interesting given recent lawsuit for ratings spam.) - Warehouse worker treatment. - Monopolistic pricing power, particularly against small publishers. (Also ironic, as Amazon has given self-publishers a great platform.) Note that this is just a list of allegations: this isn't a particularly investigative piece. (Though several have been linked and/or published elsewhere.) Less valid arguments/rhetoric include: - Calling the Kindle a Swindle. (Cute, but I can't take your argument as a serious, objective view.) - Broad "freedom" arguments about file formats (PDF, MP3) and rights associated with same not originating with Amazon. - Auto-update as a "back-door". - Hosted content vs. owned content and the pros and cons therein. - Workers "walk all day under the orders of a computer". (Like Uber drivers drive all day under the orders of a computer?) - General competitiveness against bookstores and differences in business models. So I'm saying that Stallman makes N interesting points (albeit without much in the way of reasoning), another N points I find to be logically unsound, and that combination of factors lead to an overall "article" that isn't very impactful. The interesting points are still interesting.