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Originally Posted by mattbiernat
again, people who don't want to take such risk don't have to download anything. how many times do i have to repeat that downloading applications is optional. i don't understand in which part of the word OPTIONAL am i not being clear. if people blame kindle for their stupidity then there is nothing that I can do. how about I drop my device into a bathtub and blame kindle about it? exactly same thing. your argument against introducing applications because they might be faulty simply doesn't hold. sorry. im finished discussion this subject here because you don't seem to understand the definition of the word optional and you simply argue in circles. good luck with your e-reader.
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Perhaps I'm not being clear. I understand perfectly well that you are proposing that applications are made available as an option. My point is that in offering such applications, there are necessary changes - for example in testing, in support, in protecting the main (reader) function against rogue applications - that at best divert attention away from improving the reader as a reader, and at worst could impact upon it adversely.
If they made applications available, people would try them out (I'll be trying out the browser, for example) - but if this causes problems for the reader, they might see more harm than good from providing them. So, I think that they are right to focus on the reader function.
This is not a circular argument, nor one that relies on applications being mandatory.