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ApK · 12-09-2010, 02:59 PM

Slight OT tangent: You know, it seems to me, if reading these forums is a way to judge, that Amazon's attempt to lock customers in to .mobi/Amazon store is the #1 thing pushing people from the buying a Kindle to choosing some other reader.
Sure, there's the occasional SD card or user-replaceable battery complaint, but all in all, it seems that if the Kindle supported ePub/ADE, it would achieve some sort of next-level domination in the eReader market. Maybe forcing all the other companies to REALLY push out some awesome products if they want to survive.

Perhaps those of us informing people that the Kindle CAN handle the ePub/ADE stuff if you apply some unofficial software should just keep it to ourselves.
Let the Kindle lose some market share.
Then we buy Amazon stock.
Let Amazon realize that while supporting ePub/ADE might result in users buying SOME eBooks from stores other than Amazon, if people buy a device other than a Kindle, then they will be buying NO eBooks from Amazon.
Then Amazon will update the Kindle firmware to support ePub/ADE, the stock price will soar and we'll be rich and can buy more eBooks.
Win/win.

12-09-2010, 02:59 PM	#94
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,392 Karma: 68715774 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	Slight OT tangent: You know, it seems to me, if reading these forums is a way to judge, that Amazon's attempt to lock customers in to .mobi/Amazon store is the #1 thing pushing people from the buying a Kindle to choosing some other reader. Sure, there's the occasional SD card or user-replaceable battery complaint, but all in all, it seems that if the Kindle supported ePub/ADE, it would achieve some sort of next-level domination in the eReader market. Maybe forcing all the other companies to REALLY push out some awesome products if they want to survive. Perhaps those of us informing people that the Kindle CAN handle the ePub/ADE stuff if you apply some unofficial software should just keep it to ourselves. Let the Kindle lose some market share. Then we buy Amazon stock. Let Amazon realize that while supporting ePub/ADE might result in users buying SOME eBooks from stores other than Amazon, if people buy a device other than a Kindle, then they will be buying NO eBooks from Amazon. Then Amazon will update the Kindle firmware to support ePub/ADE, the stock price will soar and we'll be rich and can buy more eBooks. Win/win. Last edited by ApK; 12-09-2010 at 03:22 PM.