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Originally Posted by HarryT
Our focus here is really on reading devices, not philosophical debate. You've come here with a set of requirements; people have given you suggestions based on those requirements, but (and I don't mean to be impolite in saying this) you've rejected every piece of practical advice you've been given by people who have an enormous amount of practical experience of using ebook readers, because you dislike the ethics of the companies involved.
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I don't see him as rejecting the advice as much as thinking it over out loud, with some frustration over not getting a simple answer to "what device comes closest to what I'm looking for?"
It's not his fault that there is no perfect ebook reader; there is no "accepts content from all ebook stores" reader; there is no "reads all filetypes" reader; there is no "good academic PDF support" reader. And the ereader industries work fairly hard to hide those facts; I can understand being frustrated over what feels like a slap in the face--"you can't have what you're looking for. How about this option instead?"
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If it's the former, get any of the mainstream reading devices and I'm sure you'll be happy with it. Readers are devices which generally engender a very high level of user satisfaction.
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This, definitely. What I've noticed is that people who love reading, put up with the idiosyncrasies, and love reading on whatever device they have. People who *don't* love reading, but think that a Shiny New Techtoy will make them love reading (or appreciate literature, or become cultured) are going to be disappointed.