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Originally Posted by mrkai
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.
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Since Whispernet is free, I think my reading privacy is an easy trade off. I couldn't care less if they see what I read. I bought most of my books from them in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I don't want "the man" to infringe on our rights too much, but um, reading privacy? Who cares?
Now maybe there is some corporate stuff or something you don't anyone to see either, but I for one wouldn't put
any work stuff on my Kindle. It's all mine and it's all leisure. Of course, this is just my opinion, but those people who carry around their office stuff 24-7 are crazy. Few people lay on their deathbed and wished that they would have worked
more or read
more work-related books before they passed.
Anyway, when it comes to TOS or DRM or whatnot, if that's what makes ebooks take off, then I will live with it as long as it's easy for me to grab my stuff and read....