[MrsJoseph]

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

Until the consumer wants something that Amazon does not want.

Originally Posted by frahse

What is your point Mrs Joseph?

Originally Posted by avantman42

I think her point is that Amazon will do whatever they think is going to maximise their profits, which may or may not be what consumers want them to do.

As an example, Amazon may decide to release the next Kindle with support for ePub but not Mobi, and to stop selling ebooks in Mobi format. If they did that, then everyone that currently owns a Kindle would be unable to buy more ebooks from Amazon unless they bought a new e-reader*. That wouldn't be good for those consumers.

*Technically, those people could strip the DRM from ePubs and convert them to Mobi, or install Duokan, but it still wouldn't be a friendly thing for Amazon to do.

^ This.

If you, Frahse, believe that Amazon is your friend...I have a couple of bridges that I can sell you. The prices will be very reasonable and the insurance is cheap!