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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I have less than $20 in content invested in my devices, so it would be painless to switch platforms.
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If you're an unusually low purchaser of content, then it's obviously easier. Myself, I've purchased over 100 books on Kobo in my first two months with them alone (their discount codes are addictive). I would only consider switching to a competing provider if I could also install the Kobo software (such as if the competing product was an Android tablet).
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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
OTOH, my family has so much invested in Microsoft products (we're a Windows household), there's no way we would switch to an Apple product, even if we were so inclined to do so (which, on the whole, we're not. If my artist daughter ever stops being a luddite, maybe...)
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It can be done, especially since Macs can emulate Windows, but I guess that speaks to the core point that the heavier your investment in a platform/ecosystem, the less likely you are to change. The longer Amazon's in a market leadership position, the more you look to them for streaming video content, for music, and for other things, the less likely you are to give them up as your e-book provider.