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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't think anyone minds negative opinions, Glen, but when we're talking about the 3rd Gen Fires it's a little irrelevant to comment on what the 1st gen Fire can or can't do, don't you think?
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Not at all. If you recall, the original post asked, "
With the arrival of the next generation of Kindle Fires, I wonder if Amazon has established itself as a tablet brand. I also wonder if Amazon is retaining their existing tablet customers. I have created this poll to get a sense of brand loyalty."
I would suggest that my comments relate to the overall user experience with kindle tablets as a brand. My experience has been less than satisfactory. And I don't consider the ability to side load and ROOT a tablet to get the SOME of the functionality I consider important to be a brand building experience. Those are a workaround for what was a bad decision on my part.
The fact that Kindle advocates STILL promote the ability to sideload and root Kindles tells me that Kindles are still intentionally crippled in terms of providing what I want. How stupid would I have to be to buy ANOTHER Kindle now that I know they don't offer what I'm looking for?
If people want to buy an exclusive Amazon content consumption device that can do simple word processing, I say more power to them! They should buy one. I'm being honest about how I feel concerning the brand, THAT bus ISN'T designed to take me where I want to go.
Honest questions deserve honest answers. The OP got one.