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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Personally, I'd always go for the highly specialised product.
But of course such specialist units only will be available, if there's a certain market potential.
Amazon for example permanently will analyse, whether the Kindle app on 25 different systems/plattforms would be profitable enough or whether they need Kindles as references in parallel.
But the problem I see: Often, the way better product still disappears.
In the US you may never have heard of Video2000. It has died even before Betamax, although widely considered by experts as the superior product.
And even Betamax by many has been considered superior to VHS.
But obviously clever marketing and maybe smarter contracts with the studios did change the market.
And so the question to me really is, whether the majority (or at least a big enough minority) of customers actually compares features or prices. Or whether the momentary hype draws a picture, that's far from reality yet. But customers still may believe it and follow what they consider the general trend...
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I don't think superiority in of itself is the key in this case. Giant remote controls exist for seniors because there's demand. The remotes are superior only if you have that need. I think dedicated readers are similar, and I think there are enough people with eye complaints and e-ink preferences to sustain a niche market. Whether Amazon continues to produce them longer term is less certain, but I think the devices will continue to be made.