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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The ones that make me chuckle are the folks who bought a Sony, Kobo, Nook, name an e-reader that is not a Kindle because they didn't want to be locked into Amazons store and then buy their e-books from Amazon. It sounds a little silly to me.
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I'm one of those folk (bought Sony) for that reason, among others. I grant that the easiest place for me to buy ebooks from with my Sony 950 is the Sony ebookstore because of the wireless access, but I have no trouble buying from Google, Kobo, or Books on Board, for example, because they, too, use the ePub format.
For many people here on MR stripping DRM and converting a book using Calibre is child's play. But it isn't child's play for everyone and not everyone wants to be bothered with the extra hassles. For those who are uncomfortable stripping and converting, a Kindle locks you into Amazon. But the same is not true of the Sony, Nook, or Kobo.
I would also add that some of us do not look forward to a day when the only choice is Amazon and thus prefer to support other vendors.