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Originally Posted by abookreader
Because it is a highly dramatized term to use for a little $100 machine, just like "Manifesto."
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To me the high drama is coming from certain Kindle owners who keep ignoring the obvious to passionately support their device of choice.
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I own a Kindle. I own a Sony. In a year or two as they wear out I will look around at what is available and again buy the product that looks the best to me. I'll probably spend an hour or two thinking about it. Choosing this product isn't a lifetime commitment that I might rue for the rest of my days if I get it wrong.
All of this onerous pontificating of "what ifs" and warnings of the evil empire stealing our future is just over the top.
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As is any discussion of DRM and drawing parallels to the recording industry which is all too common on MR. Certain business plans and customer behaviors have certain outcomes. One can call it "pontificating" or one can call it "learning from the past".
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They probably shouldn't but if they choose to happily play in the Amazon walled garden - then why is that a bad thing? Frankly, Amazon treats me well and I really don't care all that much if they EVER turn on the ePub switch because in exchange for AZW, I don't have to put up with Barnes and Noble Customer service.
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Good for you! As I said in an earlier post - my concern is the fence-sitters and non-technical people, not the power users.
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Do you truly believe that Amazon customers don't know they have the option of leaving whenever they want to? That they've never heard of "ePub" until you show up to tell them about it? Perhaps you see yourself as some sort of savior here to lead the uneducated to the Promised Land? 
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Now who is going for high drama?
Also, you seem to have skipped over the fact that I am not beholden to ePub or any company associated with it. I would happily start buying Amazon if they started a consortium to share their technology.