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Originally Posted by Hrafn
Wot is wrong? Having to navigate past all the trying-to-sell-books-to-you stuff (which is most certainly part of the walled garden ecosystem, and is part of the eReader) to get to what you want to read. I buy an eReader to read, not to be advertised at.
This is part of what turned me off the Nook ST, when I looked at it before buying my Onyx.
Another problem I have with the whole walled garden ecosystem concept is Amazon's ability to arbitrarily remove eBooks from your reader. You may own the physical Kindle, but every digital bit that sits on it belongs fully and wholly to Amazon.
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That is why I hate Nook and Kobo, because of the cluttered home screen. The Kindle does not advertize.
Regarding Amazon's (and presumably other vendors') ability to delete books... Is there any reason to think they can do that to a sideloaded, not-from-amazon book? Is there any reason to assume that Onyx cannot do the same?