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Originally Posted by ixtab
They don't get revenue from the ads. If I merely see the ad, they get no revenue at all. And since I'm not buying anything based on the ads, I can just as well not see them. (and... jbpatch wasn't the first method to remove the SOs. There actually is a method which doesn't even require the jailbreak at all - what now? Are all Kindle owners potential criminals?).
And anyway, just because the jailbreak ALSO allows to do exactly one thing that some consider "evil" or "stealing" (no, I don't), but many other things that make the device more attractive and actually help Amazon, they show us the middle finger?
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It still strikes me as being fundamentally dishonest, I'm afraid.
You've freely and willingly entered into a contract with Amazon, the terms of which are that Amazon give you $20 (or whatever it is) off the price of a Kindle in exchange for you seeing ads. It doesn't matter whether or not you buy anything - you've willingly entered into a contract, and now you're walking away from your side of the deal by removing the ads.
Amazon provide you with a legitimate mechanism for buying yourself out of the contact, by paying the difference in price between the ad-supported and the non ad-supported version of the device.