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Originally Posted by Hrafn
The problem with this analogy is that soap is a consumerable, eBooks aren't. You have no need whatsoever for last week/month/year's soap to work with today's dispenser or dish, because that soap doesn't exist any more. However you do have a need for your prior eBook purchases to work with your current eReader. In a worst case scenario, the eBook retailer may have closed up shop (or for other reasons not allow you to download it in a new format) and your old eReader may have stopped working.
Soap and eBooks aren't so much an analogy as a massive disanalogy.
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That's why I have a Kindle; it's God's format and will always be here
