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Originally Posted by crich70
I'm still trying to figure out how the situation is Amazon's fault. I mean there were a lot more ebook stores than there are now as some have closed up shop but Amazon can't make other companies stop selling their ereaders in the U.S. and I have trouble believing that they alone are responsible for those stores that have closed up being closed. No one person can control what everyone else is doing in terms of innovation for a product I don't think. Everyone has the right of choice as to what they do and don't do. To put the blame for all ills related to a product on one companies shoulders sounds shortsighted to me.
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There seem to be other ideas in this long thread but I believe the issue derives from the way capitalism and socialism are alike in that they both destroy the free enterprise sector, which is where innovation really takes place.
It would be best if there were 10 or 12 small ebook vendors, each innovating different ways to attract customers, but the way the ebook economy developed in the US no one has the capital to overcome Amazon's dominance, hence there seems to be little or no innovation available to the US consumer. (It happens because typically, large or small, companies are reluctant to innovate ideas that compete with their own product design.