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Originally Posted by rlauzon
Ahhh... So you are saying that I need to use a closed, proprietary operating system made by an abusive monopoly to use a closed, proprietary eBook format...
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Yes, that's right.
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Common sense tells us that closed, proprietary formats create monopolies.
Common sense also tells us that monopolies are bad. Immediately bad for the consumer and, in the long term, bad for the industry.
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Capitalism encourages companies to try and gain monopolistic positions in their market sectors, and yet punishes them when they actually succeed in their goal. I've never been a big fan of capitalism
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