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Originally Posted by grumbles
I would have liked to be able to say that I shop Canadian but since Indigo is selling Kobo to a Japanese outfit I expect that Homeland (in)Security will be vetting my reading list at some time in the future.
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You are arguably still shopping Canadian if you buy from Kobo. While Rakuten is now Kobo's owner, Kobo is still a Canadian company that's headquartered in Toronto, and Rakuten has said that's not likely to change (they didn't change the headquarters for Buy.com, or Play.com, yet either).
To answer the broader question, I want as much competition as possible. Having a Kobo Vox, I do enjoy being able to shop and consume content from multiple stores on the same device, without side-loading, jailbreaking, or anything else. I just downloaded the Kindle app, and it was pre-loaded with the Kobo app, and those two have me well covered. There are additional options to those two if I ever want them. I mostly buy from Kobo, buying from Amazon only as a last resort, because I always prefer to buy from the underdog and to enhance competition where I can.