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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze

I sincerely enjoy your desire to educate me on the meaning of the word subjective. If you can compile a list of non-subjective preferences for me, I might still sign up for the course.

Thank you for tossing back at me the exact point I was trying to make.

"Aluminum is more durable than plastic" might be an opinion, but it is also true objectively (for now).

Please point out to me where anyone-- ever-- said that aluminum was NOT more durable than plastic? That is indeed an objective fact-- what is a subjective opinion is that "aluminum is better than plastic", which would only be true if the only criterion for "better" is "durability." And if durability is the only factor, then why are you willing to settle for this aluminum junk and not instead insist on a titanium shell? If a plastic case shields the screen and electronics of a reader by a reasonable amount from flexing and by a reasonable amount from impacts (given that no amount of shielding from any material can protect from all possible "injuries") then I see no reason to conciser plastic to be an inferior choice to aluminum.

"Audio is a subjective feature" is only true if other features are also subjective -- i.e., conditioned by taste -- which they are, of course.

Ah, so you are going for pedantic nitpicking about language! You know very well that what he obviously meant was that the value of audio in a reader is subjective. You know very well that he didn't mean that whether or not audio existed on a given reader depended on your opinion on it.

What you and I both know that he meant was that the presence of audio on an ebook reader (along with what material the case is made from) is not going to be a factor in everyone's decisions on which ebook reader to buy, and therefore makes no difference to them. If you have no interest whatsoever in audio-- and no concern for plastic-- then that extra price you'd pay for something you don't need or care about isn't justifiable.