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Originally Posted by plib
This, and the kerfuffle over Kindle lending in the "Penguin" thread makes me very happy that my ereader is not a Kindle!   |
No EPUB public library borrowing is a big disadvantage.
However, being able to push an internet text page I'm reading on my PC, to my eReader, with a single readability.com or klip.me mediated click, is a significant convenience. And that couldn't happen without Amazon's software having a record of just about everything I am reading. Also, I can't expect them to continue to give away near-everywhere-world-wide internet service (on the Kindle 2 and 3) without trade-offs. I consider no-monthly-fee worldwide email, just by itself, to be one of the all-time-best tech bargains, with the US-only Kindle $1.99 a month New York Times Latest News Blog not far behind.
For someone who isn't going to use these rather obscure Kindle features, which is the majority, I would agree with your sentiment.