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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Along those lines, as much as I argue against DRM, a really strong DRM should allow a large distributor (e.g. Amazon) to heavily subsidize the e-reader.
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...largely out of fashion nowadays with electronics. I think printers are about what's left...the consumables model needs consumables to actually work
Tho...it is said that Amazon is trying this "upside down"...they are selling the razor for a bit of upfront profit and losing money on a lot of the blades by selling them under cost, hoping to make up in general volume and services on the document conversion.
This is...loco, but you know...I guess if someone is gonna give it a try it might as well be Bezos.
I read a couple of publishers were less than pleased with this scheme. I imagine they would be because it drives the public perception of the value/cost/asking price of the product down across the board.
So if it actually *works* then maybe Bezos isn't *completely* loco