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Originally Posted by JSWolf
It's not opinion, it's fact.
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What I mean is, "getting screwed" is frequently in the mind of the beholder. For me to judge whether or not I thought they "screwed" anyone, I would want to know the facts rather than rely on someone else's judgement. For instance, one thing I would evaluate would be; whether anyone got "screwed" or not depends upon whether or not Amazon had some agreement with them, expressed or implied, that Amazon later did not honor.
It is frequently the case with many software providers that they do not promise support or upward compatibility with new operating systems, new program versions, etc. etc. I see that as a matter of doing "digital business", not anything I would specifically hold against Amazon. How long after purchase do you think they should have provided compatible content with newer software or systems?
What did Amazon promise (what real agreement existed) the ebook purchasers? Did they fail to follow through on that promise? Were there stipulations in their content/end user agreement that stated they could end support at any time?
Was there previous ebook venture unprofitable? Is it possible they learned something from their past venture that may either improve their product and/or their service this time around?
I would speculate that if this current venture IS profitable, there would be no particular reason to believe that they will just up and stop providing content. I would reasonably expect that if the venture was not profitable, support might end at some point unforeseeable to me.