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Originally Posted by rhadin
I'm proud to say I don't own an iPad -- or any Apple product -- and don't expect to ever own any Apple product precisely because I don't want Stevie-boy deciding what is good and what is bad for me. At my age, I think I can manage to make those decisions myself. Besides, if it weren't for Apple we might not have agency pricing. Considering that Stevie believes reading is dead, the least he could have done is wholly ignored ebooks rather than making life more miserable for consumers.
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It's clearly a business decision.
I actually dislike iTunes, but I believe the iPad is the best tablet out there and an excellent PDF and IT books reader (because the size)
The user has the choice. But Jobs does not take decisions on my behalf. I like Amazon and besides O'reilly, is my main online bookstore source. I do not buy books from Apple but Amazon.
Now, the ability to use different reading apps, is what makes iPad a nice device. We can install B&N Nook, Kindle, GoodReader, etc. If Apple decides to block that, then I would say the iPad will be a piece of junk. But as long as I have the ability to read on same device and buy from the online store, I don't see any issues.