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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I'm calling the behaviour, not the person troll like. when the same question (1984) gets asked over and over again, and the same people that already have proven that they have an antagonistic attitude towards a particular device pop up with "oh but they DO do that!" that is trollish behaviour and intended to deliberately steer people away from the Kindle. I'm tired of it. and I also am not going to run whining to a mod every time I see it. I don't know why we cannot be self policing unless it gets out of line
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Kindlekitten, whether you like it or not, what Amazon did IS and always WILL be a relevant issue. I was leaning 100% towards getting a Kindle when this story broke. I don't care, how it was resolved or why it happened in the first place. The fact remains is that they have the capability of going in and removing the books that you legally bought at anytime, whether or not that they promise never to do so again.
Add in the fact that I would be mostly permanantly tied to their store for my ebook purchases, I immediately dropped the Kindle off of my list of ereaders.
I don't trust ANY business to actually keep their word about anything. I have worked in the corporate world long enough to realize that they will do whatever is necessary to earn their stockholders money. Including lying to everyone & screwing their customers over when they can get away with it, and only stopping (maybe) when they get busted for doing so.
I am not a troll, just someone who also believes that it is an important issue to make prospective Kindle owners aware of. Just as it is important for owners of other readers (other than a Nook) to be aware of the fact that they cannot purchase and load B&N books onto their readers because of their stupid version of ADE drm. Because of that, I will never purchase a Nook.