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Originally Posted by eschwartz

My point regarding having 3 years worth of reading on your device at one time is that it is ridiculously easy to always carry all the books most people will ever read in their life. And even for the people who read a lot, and/or want specific books, and I myself am among those people, can carry a significant portion of their library on the internal storage. I for example keep my entire TBR on my Kindle, all books that I know I want to read, enough to keep me happy for a very very long time. As well as my favorites that I know I will want to re-read at random times.

So this renders you the sole authority on on The One Correct Way To eRead?

It isn't necessary to move your library from one device to another, either, because in case you haven't noticed, that device also has internal storage!

You appear to be sublimely unaware of the difference between capacity and actual content. Having the capacity for your library is not the same as having the content of your library on the device.

Where does it end?

Wherever the buyer wants, and is willing to pay, for it to end. NOT where eschwartz-the-condescending decides it must end.

Anyone who feels a need to download the entire Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia Just In Case, I would recommend them see a doctor, because they clearly have some kind of neurosis.

What if somebody wants the opportunity to read a completely random classic, or have an encyclopaedia with them somewhere without internet access or any of a hundred and one other reasons why somebody might want a very large amount of text.

The point is just because you cannot imagine why somebody would want more than 3GB does not mean that nobody reasonably could. Your argument is an Argument from Personal Incredulity, a logical fallacy, and thus invalid.

And if you really need your ereader for playing music/audiobooks, then you have missed the point of an ereader. Get a freaking MP3 player.

Why? Because eschwartz says you must? Not a very good reason. Ever hear of convergence? Why buy, and carry around, an mp3 player, when you already have a device with a headphone port?