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I'm NOT saying I agree with all the crap that goes along with ebooks, but you have to admit that quite a few technology "improvements" have been rolled out with greater restrictions to consumers that the original - here are a couple that come to the top of my mind:
*Cable TV - TV is no longer free, and your cable provider knows what you're watching (oh, and some of you might remember it was highly advertised in its infancy as "TV without commercials" - and with the exception of the premium pay channels, that certainly hasn't held true)
*Cell phones - this is mixed bag, but to me, the biggest restriction is that you are charged if someone else calls you - so no matter who initiates the call, both people are charged to use their phones [This has been on my mind lately, because my mother - a senior citizen on a fixed income - is thinking of dropping her land-line/cable based phone service for strictly her cell phone. In the 2 1/2 hour phone call I had with her that day, she insisted "I never call anyone" - and had a hard time understanding that my phone call with her would have costed her minutes, too.]
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