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i'm still not understanding what the problem is, either get a kindle (or app) or go without.
maybe its because i'm a gamer where exclusivity has been the norm from day 1 that its not a big deal to me. i can buy a nintendo game anywhere i want but i need a nintendo to use it, i cant play it on my xbox. if i want to play said game i go buy a nintendo, otherwise i go without.
i don't know why going without is a foreign concept. when that happens to me i think "oh that sucks. oh well" and i go without. i don't feel entitled to have access to everything. if i want it badly enough i'll buy access to it.
i'm ok with the practice because if i ran a business i would want to give people a reason to shop at my store over my competitor. that is competition. if exclusives give more perceived value to the amazon brand and give more people a reason to shop at amazon good for them. if nobody competed there would be no drive to improve, business has always been a game of one upmanship.
people choose iphones because it gives them things that other phones dont. people choose amazon because it gives them things other retailers don't, including exclusive books.
is it "fair"? no, no its not. but thats life and thats business. sometimes you've got to pay to play.
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