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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
My obscure statement was trying to make the point that sometimes you just want something to do its job efficiently, ergonomically, simply, straightforwardly - not to be complicated with other things that it could do. It seems to me that there's a good argument for a reader being a reader - doing that one job well, hiding the fact that it's built with a general-purpose computer under the covers, and doing its best to pretend to be a book. (A magic book with a shop in it etc. - but still a book).
That's not to say that you might want a general purpose tablet instead - even one with an eInk screen - but simply to say that there is a place for a reader that is just a reader.
So, I have some sympathy with the view that complicating the Kindle with lots of other apps would be a bad thing. There have already been posts about the two word games (i) draining battery and (ii) leading to the system hanging. I'd rather have them focus on better book rendering - better typography, improved sorting/searching/management of your library, etc.
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but you don't have to download any apps if you don't want to. you can keep your kindle as it is...that's how simple it gets. why deprive other people from making this product more usable to them.