Wired Epicenter on Kindle vs. Open Standards

Robotech_Master · 02-25-2009, 01:39 PM

The Wired article.

My TeleRead take on it.

Nice to see the press taking notice of the Amazon lock-in, other stores lock-out effect.

Penforhire · 02-25-2009, 02:06 PM

"E-Babel" is right but the general public will not press for a change until they are burned by it. Lots of people buy the Kindle for the user experience and that flaw is transparent to a user who sticks with Amazon purchases read on their Kindle. As long as Amazon doesn't drop the ball I don't see how they'll get enough public pressure to make Amazon change.

02-25-2009, 01:39 PM	#1
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Wired Epicenter on Kindle vs. Open Standards The Wired article. My TeleRead take on it. Nice to see the press taking notice of the Amazon lock-in, other stores lock-out effect.

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02-25-2009, 02:06 PM	#2
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	"E-Babel" is right but the general public will not press for a change until they are burned by it. Lots of people buy the Kindle for the user experience and that flaw is transparent to a user who sticks with Amazon purchases read on their Kindle. As long as Amazon doesn't drop the ball I don't see how they'll get enough public pressure to make Amazon change.

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