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Originally Posted by kennyc
You call it competition, I call it fragmentation. Just like betamax and vhs, just like dvd and blue-ray. Regardless of what you call it, it is not good for the consumer.
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The more competition, the better prices you get. It happened to Nook, Kindle and even tablets.
And the VHS vs Betamax argument, that people keep using all the time, is not valid. That was a hardware issue, not software. We're talking about software here (ebook formats) Betamax failed not because was a bad format (the quality was great) but because did not allow long time recording. We can't apply the same concept here because the differences between mobi and epub are just a few, and provides exact results on non complex books. It can even be improved later, because mobi, like epub, are software implementation, not hardware devices. Software is easier to develop and fix than a pure hardware solution.
We, as users, read for pleasure (or to learn something), but companies sell for money, they are not making us any favor, it is business. At the end, the strongest will survive.
Life is not fair, but this is about business. There are a lot of money involved on ebooks and ereaders.
But going back to the main topic, which is if you will think about getting a Kindle now that will support public libraries lending, I guess your answer is no.