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Originally Posted by karunaji
I have nothing to complain about Amazon personally but there are certain aspects of this big company that is worrying me. They already have done discriminating activities towards others that I don't agree with. Such big companies already have more money and have bigger impact on our lives than the governments in the past. Such power should be kept in check otherwise it will become corrupt.
If the phone or internet provider due to mistaken identity with some spammer would discontinue my service, I would be worse off than if the government cancelled my driver's license by mistake. Amazon provides good service but it is dangerous if we become too dependent on their platform. Hypothetically, if some day they decide to take away my Kindle privileges due to breaking some obscure TOS, I could be left without books to read, including access to library books in the future. That's more power than any government had every been able to have over their citizens.
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Unless you are unable to download your books to your own computer and other various backups, then it should not be a problem. This is why I will never settle for cloud storage. You can only lose your books if you give someone else the right to store them that is out of YOUR control.