[mgmueller]

I try to summarize, what has been criticized about the poll.

But before that: Yes, it was a flawed poll and yes, it's a stupid and not really relevant matter. It was supposed to be a quick snapshot for my personal interest, not a "cover it all" study.

Issue #1:
I've left out the downloaders of freebies.
Are there really people out there, who have 100% freebies, PD and such? Legally obtained, but never paid a single cent for a single book?
It would surprise me, if avid readers never would have paid for a book.
The option to tick says "I buy" not "I buy all the time" or "I buy 100% of my stuff".
If you buy 10% of your stuff and 90% is for free, you still fall into this category.
Only the ones, really having 100% free stuff, would fall out of the equation.
One still could consider them in the "buying" group, but this special group really wasn't in my focus. Like I wrote: If I compare to pirates (or whatever the correct term), it's about the comparison "I pay, he doesn't".

Issue #2:
Some ticked the box for "somewhere else" without getting my drift this being a synonym for pirated stuff.
When starting the poll, I thought it would be unambiguous enough. First point says "pay", second one puts "somewhere else" in quotation marks. And the headline says "your own" and again compares to "somewhere else". I still think it's relatively clear, but it's not unambiguous.
Some who put the tick in the box for meaning "free stuff" now are pissed because it could be interpreted as them favoring piracy.
I partially get that point and I already repeatedly confirmed the ambiguity. But I only partially get the aggression and the fuss. The people who know you, know your standpoint. And why would someone care about the others? Again: It's a poll in a user forum, not an assessment center.

Issue #3:
The entire poll doesn't make sense, only limiting to sideloading and leaving lots of stuff out.
Every poll is a simplification.
I was and am focusing on a single topic: Bought stuff vs. shadily obtained one.
And as the bought one normally is loaded onto the reader, I should use the same reference for the shady one. Agreed, I just could have asked "what's on your reader" instead of "what do you sideload". But then again, I found the link to sideloading interesting, because it seems to be of such importance for many.

Anyway...
I've already asked Alex Turcic to take down this poll.
Way to time consuming and nothing to gain for anyone of us.