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I did not claim Amazon is evil so why the urge to prove Amazon is doing something good? I merely explained why proprietary formats are not good. Especially if a company can can get within striking distance of a monopoly or near monopoly position in it's industry.
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Well - this is a forum dedicated to the Kindle. If one starts a post here dedicated to listing the perceived weaknesses or deficits of the Kindle, it is only natural to expect that the actual owners of the product will respond with their opinions.
There are other forums here that are more suitable for debating the merits of Kindle vs Sony vs Nook vs Kobo etc. Forums specifically designed for all those "fence sitters" to post their questions and threads such as this to respond.
ePub is no more open than Mobi once DRM is applied to it. You cannot take an ePub file that has been DRM'd to my Sony Pocket and put it on your nook, just as you can't take a file that is DRMd to my Kindle 3 and put it on the Kindle APP on your computer. Locked is locked is locked.
I'm a firm believer in Market Intelligence. IE, customers taken as a large group over a large period of time are not stupid. If Amazon is threatening to become a Monopoly, why do you think that is? There are certainly plenty of choices of digital readers and eBooks. So why such a majority swinging toward Amazon, if the product is so detrimental or harmful to consumers?
Even devices where the customers easily have a choice from all the retailers - like the iPAD - Amazon succeeds. Amazon is selling a great number of books to iPAD owners. hmmmmmm.
