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Originally Posted by Font
Using an alternative operating system on the Amazon electronic readers is better because then the Amazon store monopoly goes and the every action has a reaction burden is reduced. The corporate tie-in is disrupted and this provides consumer choice to shop at another electronic text store.
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This is just plain wrong.
Installing something like Duokan on your Kindle will not give you any more choice.
It cannot read DRM protected ePub files which is really the only thing offered by anyone that is similar to Amazon's store.
Right now, a Kindle with unmodified software can read ebooks purchased from many different sites - as long as they are in PDF or Mobi format.
I have bought many books this way because they aren't offered on the Kindle Store.
Amazon does not have a monopoly:
-Of the e-reader market: there are several competing devices and vertically integrated stores (like the Nook)
-Of eBook sales for Kindle users: you can buy books from many sources in several different formats