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Originally Posted by rhadin
I don't use Amazon because I disapprove of its business practices. In addition, I think Bezos' attitudes towards consumers and competitors is a lot like Steve Jobs' was.
I've also had the misfortune to try to negotiate on behalf of a small publisher a contract with Amazon, and I can tell you that negotiation is not a word that would describe what went on nor is it a word in Amazon's vocabulary.
Plus I'm of an age that values privacy. I don't want Amazon to monitor my every use of the Internet.
And Amazon has recently announced that those who bought Kindles without ads and paid to be ad free can now get the ads but no refund of the difference. Today receiving those ads is still voluntary, but will it be that way tomorrow? Not if Amazon determines that it is beneficial for Amazon for everyone to have those ads.
So I don't buy Amazon products. I do not say they are bad products or good products. Just that I don't buy them for these reasons. And that I don't trust Amazon.
Do I think consumers should support Amazon? No. Not any more than I would support allowing 8-year-olds to work in coal mines. I see nothing wrong with criticizing Amazon and the way it does business.
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I see nothing wrong in your criticizing Amazon, either. That was not the point of my comment. My question is, would you now voice these same concerns in another Amazon thread tomorrow and the next day in another, and again in another?
If so, why?
Granted what you've said in this post makes a lot more sense to me, personally, than your other post about the "30 second interruption" thing. That just seemed silly.
Oh. One note on the ad thing: Its the purchaser's choice whether or not to now download ads...and that same purchaser can also cancel them at no cost, so I don't think a refund is necessary. Those who bought their device "Ad free" stay "ad free" unless they choose to do otherwise.
Plus, I think Amazon realizes that if it tried to make ad support mandatory, that people would stop buying their readers.