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Originally Posted by Rizla
I don't think so. Amazon make profit on content, not devices. I wonder how well the DX sold? Maybe the devices sold okay, but didn't generate enough content sales.
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So you're saying that if more people wanted large-screen Android e-ink tablets, they wouldn't be more available? That demand doesn't drive supply?
As for your question of how well the DX sold, while we don't have any real numbers, we do have some pretty good evidence that they didn't sell that well. They basically stopped producing them years ago, and they're still finding new stock to sell in the warehouses. That's never a sign of good sales.
Just because the devices are not Amazon's major profit center does not mean that they are exempt from accounting. Sales still have to justify the investment of producing them.
The less something sells, the weaker the incentive to produce it, even if it isn't a primary profit center. It was simply in Amazon's best interest to devote their R&D investment budget to the Fire and Paperwhite, rather than the DX.
Not enough people wanted them to make it worth their while to update them.