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mrkai · 12-12-2007, 03:48 PM

You want a good reason to bash the Kindle? The TOS.

By agreeing to use Whispernet, you agree to allowing Amazon to not only monitor your *purchases* from them, but any and all of the content on the Kindle, your reading habits in general, and specific information about what you read, what you bookmark, what you annotate and other things that aren't any of their damned business.

Sigh.

And let's not forget that you also give them the right and ability to change the terms of what you "purchased" from them at their discretion, or to repossess what you "purchased" from them without a refund(!) and revoke your "right to use"(!) the physical hardware at all should you violate these nebulous terms, which, are changeable at their discretion.

Good enough for me.

12-12-2007, 03:48 PM	#42
mrkai Bit Wrangler Posts: 181 Karma: 415 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	You want a good reason to bash the Kindle? The TOS. By agreeing to use Whispernet, you agree to allowing Amazon to not only monitor your purchases from them, but any and all of the content on the Kindle, your reading habits in general, and specific information about what you read, what you bookmark, what you annotate and other things that aren't any of their damned business. Sigh. And let's not forget that you also give them the right and ability to change the terms of what you "purchased" from them at their discretion, or to repossess what you "purchased" from them without a refund(!) and revoke your "right to use"(!) the physical hardware at all should you violate these nebulous terms, which, are changeable at their discretion. Good enough for me. Last edited by mrkai; 12-12-2007 at 03:59 PM.