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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Greed.
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The pricing principle prevalent in Capitalism (charge as much as the market will bear) + limited supply. By limited supplier I mean limited suppliers, or essentially a cartel.
It's even worse for eBook readers themselves - eInk screens are manufactured by one company, there is no meaningful competition. In the future there may be alternative screens that are viable for eBook manufacturers to use, but right now we have a monopoly supplier situation.