iRex answered their own question:
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The Amazon owned Mobipocket format is already widely available and supported across many platforms including other e-readers like the Cybook and the iLiad. By supporting only a single format unique to Kindle, they have created another closed system.
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Amazon is not simply trying to single-handedly kickstart the e-book market... they're looking to take it over. They don't want competition with other readers. They don't want you to buy their books, and not their reader. It's really pretty obvious, capitalism at its best. What's not to understand?
(I'm not saying it's
good, mind you... just understandable.)