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Originally Posted by fjtorres
But, isn't it great to have the ability to *choose* for yourself?
It's like choosing a car's color.
The Model T came "in any color you like as long as it's black".
That was then.
Now, people who like canary yellow or eyeball-searing green can get cars in those colors.
And those that like black *still* can.
Those that like having the trad-pub seal of approval on their reads can *still* chose those books. Or even *only* those books.
We aren't (yet) at the point where free-range authors are to be preferred to the gate-kept reservation authors. 
It is just about getting to choose for yourself and not decrying it when others choose otherwise.
Me, I like the monochome palette for cars; first new car white, second black, current silver. But I don't (visibly) cringe at the yellow VWs and green Toyotas I run into.
Common courtesy.
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Let's say the cars with the muted colors are all rock-solid vehicles you know you can rely on--they've been around a long time, they get the job done. But the rainbow-colored cars are cheaply made and flashy, and on some of them, the doors might fall off or the brakes might fail.
Is the risk worth it?