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Originally Posted by Alisa
I just don't get why the Kindle is so polarizing. People seem to be getting really angry about it. Hundreds of people have written "reviews" on the Amazon site, many with appalling misinformation, that are just rants about why they don't want one. It's truly bizarre. If I don't want a product, I don't buy it. I don't go ranting to people about why they shouldn't either. It reminds me of the strangers that came up to me in parking lots accosting me about why I shouldn't have bought my Prius.
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Because Amazon has the potential to force standards on the eBook marketplace.
I think that many people were hoping that when Amazon got into the eBook market that it would topple the Tower of eBabel and we'd get "One, True, eBook format" that everyone would have to support.
What we got was a poorly designed device, that's overpriced compared to the others in the marketplace, and, as far as DRM is concerned, is even worse than the competition.