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Originally Posted by elemenoP
Also: would you be embarassed to give a "deal-Kindle" as a gift?
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I would be embarrassed to give one. I would be really disappointed to get one as a gift.
To me the product in reading should be books. An ad-supported device turns the user's attention into the product and I feel that even a small part of my attention is worth much more than 25 dollars. This is also why I use as much ad-blocking software as possible and don't watch commercial television. The product in the TV business is the viewer's attention and mental energy which is sold to advertisers. I read to enjoy having 100% of my mental energy to myself.
I'll grant that it doesn't sound that bad now but what if it was wildly successful? Amazon would quickly figure out to to sneak in more and more invasive ads and sell my attention to other companies. I'm sure they already have plans. Once they start to get feedback on which ads work they will cleverly tweak them to maximize the amount of browsing and shopping that is done on the Kindle.