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Originally Posted by monkeyluis
Specs aren't everything. Amazon has the ecosystem. That's enough for me.
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"Ecosystem," in this usage, is a euphemism for "store." Amazon is offering the Walmart experience, propping loss leaders at the end of every aisle--FREE cloud storage, FREE server-side compression--and putting everything under one roof. Meanwhile, the music player is not designed to play music, but to sell you more. The library/reader is not designed to organize/display books, but to sell you more. Even the free cloud storage is not designed to hold all your files, but to sell you more cloud storage. None of these products or services have to be the best or even particularly good at what they do if they convince you that they are the default and the proper response to any shortcomings is to "upgrade."
Do not get your software from service providers. Their goal is to limit functionality so that you will pay to remove or get around the limitations, and to streamline your ability to continue handing them money at the expense of core functions for which you purchased the device in the first place. With virtually any device released on a subscription, membership, or contract basis, the advertised primary functions are an afterthought, never intended to be better than adequate.