Dennis is exactly correct.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Amazon wants market share, and uses price, selection, and convenience to get it. In the case of ebooks, they want to be your only supplier, and the ecosystem based around the Kindle and Kindle apps is tailored to making that happen. While Amazon uses the ebook format created by Mobipocket (who they bought) for Kindle books, they use a modified form of Mobi's DRM. The intent isn't to prevent piracy: it's to lock you in to Amazon as the vendor. Want to buy an ebook to read on your Kindle/Kindle app? You have to buy from Amazon, and give them a cut of the take.
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Kindle/Kindle app users have the selection they like at a price they are willing to pay, and don't see this as an imposition...now. What happens if Amazon does obtain a monopoly on ebook sales (or even a strong majority of the market? Want to bet they won't raise prices, because you don't have an alternative and they can, if they think they need to?
If you don't think they would, tell me where to get some of what you're smoking. Amazon is a Fortune 500 company with a strong P/E ratio and a healthy stock price. Their overriding goal is to maintain that position, and they will do what they think they have to in service of that goal. . . .
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And this is why I prefer to support other vendors than Amazon.