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Originally Posted by speedlever
I used to think that I would not want a Kindle with the advertising.
But I would now welcome saving the money and in addition, would love to get a break from the same old dead author screen savers. Especially as unobtrusive as the ads appear to be.
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I really hate advertising - I've been skipping all commercials for as long as I can remember and I even tear out all the adds from magazines before I'll read them. I always thought I would buy the non-ad supported Kindle, but when Best Buy had the gift card sale that made the 3G Kindle 3 with special offers $109, I couldn't pass it up.
As it turns out, I really love it. The ads really are unobtrusive (I rarely even notice them,) and I saved over $200 just on the 50% off back to school groceries offer.
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Originally Posted by emellaich
I probably shouldn't admit it, but for me the ads are more pleasant than the grim-faced pictures of the dead authors.
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I think so too. I actually enjoy seeing what new pictures display. I find the photos very appealing.
Conversely, I don't like the dead author photos at all, and the screensavers for the new line of non-SO Kindles look just as bad to me.
I wouldn't hesitate to get the SO versions in the future.