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Originally Posted by tomsem
But when I considers the entirety of the ecosystem in which each device resides, it is not even close. . . .
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It seems to me that your points have to do primarily with a given device's interaction with large and proprietary marketplaces. The Kindle is seamlessly and usefully linked to Amazon and, until recently, nothing else (the infamous library issue); the Nook, to B&N. Both are dominant bookstores located mainly in the United States.
Proprietary marketplaces all have their loyalists and apostates. Sony Readers are for apostates, and for those whose purchases take place outside mainstream bookstores and perhaps not in the States at all.
Amazon's "vision," like Apple's, is of a store with a large electric fence surrounding it. Those of us who dislike electric fences might choose to purchase a less proprietary product.
It isn't that Sony has better ethics than Amazon -- clearly they don't.
What Sony does have is no consistent interest in locking down this particular device. Their gaming consoles and digital music recorders are another matter.