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Originally Posted by khalleron
Seriously? I mean, seriously?
While Apple pioneered the 'walled garden' approach, Amazon has embraced it whole-heartedly.
Don't drink that Kool-Aid!
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Color me confused (which is the color my lips turn after drinking the purple kool-aid).
I thought Apple's 'walled garden' was problematic because they sought to lock out the ability for competitors to provide media over Apple devices (blocking flash, in-app purchases, etc) without providing Apple a significant cut. They wrote into their terms that you are not allowed to install or distribute their OS on a non-Apple device, and they hinder attempts to develop software that will sync mp3s between iTunes and non-Apple media players. In every case, they seek to limit the user to their hardware, software, and media distribution channels.
Amazon's 'walled garden' is, as far as I can tell, "If you buy a Kindle book, you can read it on a Kindle, on the web, on a PC, on a tablet, on a phone, on a watch (if you can hack it), in fact, you can read it everywhere except on a competitor's e-ink device." The only limit they seem to seek to place on folks is that they make it hard to read ebooks on Nooks/Sonys/etc.