I imagine Amazon's rationale runs something like this:
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The cost of providing the 'post a quote from your kindle to social media' is factored into the price of the books that we sell. If the service was provided for books not purchased from us, then the people who buy books from us would be subsidising those that didn't.
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Once one enters a walled garden, it's the gardener that sets the rules, it's not oneself - nor is it
Rafferty. Life would be so much easier if we could pay a fee for the services we want, rather than living in the delusion of its a free world, where everything one wants comes for 'so-called' free.
BR