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Originally Posted by ImpressedSkeptic
And so the $30 is essentially a fee to continue getting updates. It's not a moral choice, it's an economic one. I'd like my product not to become obsolete when Amazon updates the software, so I will pay the fee.
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No, it's most definitely a moral one.
They offer models with the 'Special Offers' and models without the 'Special Offers'.
The models with SO are sold at a lower price. Buying a Kindle at the lower price and then modifying the software to bypass the offers is bad from a moral standpoint.
That's why Amazon offers the ability to just pay the difference and have them removed. It's a sort of...hmm...I don't like the SO after all...should have paid for the regular model...oh wait I can just pay the difference and poof done.
It's there as a convenience for both the customer and Amazon.