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Originally Posted by ATDrake
I'm just wondering if there's an "upgrade" path where you pay the extra $25 to get rid of the ads*.
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That's what I'm predicting will be the next step. If sales for the ad supported device are good, they'll probably offer an ad-free upgrade as an add-on option.
I'm sure that the advertisements will generate more revenues than what Amazon would lose with the $25 discount. If the advertising is relatively unobtrusive, than Amazon would probably be betting that the average user won't feel like bothering to pay for an ad-free upgrade.
Of course, there's always the chance that they'll go entirely ad-supported and not offer an upgrade option. But that would be stupid as it would chase away too many people who will dislike not having an option.