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People, the Kindle is supposed to be simple to use, even for someone who has never used a computer. If they added options for every little detail of the device, it would grow into a monster that eventually gets out of control.
I work with software development, and adding an option (even a simples yes/no) is a very expensive process, because it makes the software complexity grow exponentially: if you have 1 yes/no option, you have 2 possible scenarios; with 2 options, 4 scenarios, 3 options, 8 scenarios, and so on.
So from a developer perspective, it's better to make a change that makes 5% of customers unhappy, than adding an option and increase the complexity of the system, causing a bug or making it hard to use.
And I still keep my opinion about locations: when I'm reading a novel the least thing I want to do is math, or anything that isn't related to the story. For that reason, in my opinion showing locations is a useless feature, and I'm glad they removed it from the screen.
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