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Originally Posted by kjk
Amazon is trying to make formats irrelevant to all but the publishers and..uh..diehards  They could replace every .mobi on their store tomorrow, and as long as the Kindle and apps still read the book, who else would notice?
The typical Kindle consumer probably doesn't know or care what file extension is on their Kindle book. |
This is a very good point.
The people on these forums are obviously very agitated about formats and DRM and technical details. Most consumers have no interest in them, they want a device that works. If it works well it is a good device, if it works badly it is a bad one.
And this isn't in any way meant to demean them, we are all the same, just about different things.
There are loads of people who are absolute nuts about cars, spend lots of time debating the pros and cons of particular models and parts and technologies. I just drive the thing, I have no interest whatsoever in how it works and whether I've got the 'wrong' technology inside it.
Whether it is an iPhone or a Kindle or a <something> games console or whatever, people will generally vote with their feet and get the one that does what they want it to do in the best way at the cheapest price, even if others may feel that they have made the 'wrong' choice.