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Originally Posted by ApK
Not that Katsunami is a particular offender, but allow me to use that as the as the last straw:
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Oh please, can we get past that elitist nonsense. Amazon became a billion dollar megaforce by SELLING BOOKS TO THE MASS MARKET.
B&N opened huge superstores all over the country by SELLING BOOKS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
People read, guys. Lots and lots of people read.
Find something else to act smugly superior about.
Spending MOST of your free time reading is not inherently superior to those who read more occasionally and also do other things in their off hours, like fight fires, drive race cares, build houses with Jimmy Carter, listen to music, serve in the National Guard, ski, or go out on dates.
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Thank you.
ApK
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
So why, again, does any of this matter?
Consumers will have a choice between eink or lcd; single- vs multi-purpose, for the forseeable future. "Winning" isn't all that relevant when "losing" bears very little (if any) consequence for the consumer who prefers the "loser."
For reference; I read solely on an LCD 7" tablet. Have for about a year now. So while it's still a safe bet that the hardest hard-core readers still prefer eink, we're quickly approaching a time where that particular delineation can be safely thrown out the window (if we're not there already). People will read on what they want to read on... whether they're casual readers or hardcore bookworms.
Which brings me back 'round to my point: nobody's going to be forced into reading on a device they don't prefer for a long, long (if ever) time. So what is all this hoo-hah about tablets "winning" something? If it's just a popularity contest, then yes... hell yes... tablets won. Whoopie!! Congratulations Tablets! World's Best Cup of Coffee! You did it! Can we move on now?
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THANK YOU! I'm glad the two of you get it! The rest of you debating/doomsday sayers take it to PM. There are plenty of your choice of devices to go around for years to come so pick one and go read/play/surf or whatever you want to do.