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Originally Posted by MattW
Again: I never said that every post defending Amazon is bias-driven. But I still strongly believe that the high volume of pro-Amazon posts and the snarky put-downs for almost anyone who disagress are representative of an underlying bias (whose raison d'etre I have already stated twice, so I'll spare you the details).
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Honestly I think a lot of the anti-Amazon bias is actually pro-Apple bias in disguise. I remember when Apple first got into the book business a lot of articles were saying things like "Well, it's lights out for Amazon now ..." When that didn't materialize and Apple and the Publishers got their hands caught in the Collusion Cookie Jar, this whining against Amazon became much more prominent.
This is coming from someone who bought a Nook Simple Touch as my first eReader because I wanted to help the "littler" guy. Who still buys from Barnes & Noble when prices are similar even though I don't like B&N's stance on price fixing ... err ... the agency model. I do get tired of the "we can't compete" whining, however.