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Originally Posted by eschwartz
You are assuredly looking at at least one closed system right now, and the law of averages says a minimum of three.
DRM is absolutely a closed ecosystem, that is rather the point.
The most famous closed ecosystem is Apple, for obvious reasons. 
The issue at hand is someone proselytizing their Kobo by saying the Kobo store is an open ecosystem and the Amazon store isn't.
Such lies should certainly not be present in the dedicated forum for advising inexperienced individuals which should be their first ereader. |
I am not really understanding your point. I have never said Amazon was a closed ecosystem, but often it is for the novice, perhaps a little less open than epub readers. Especially or those of us in countries without public library lending of kindle format books.
I am a Sony fanperson, I admit it. I have an Aura HD and I haven't used it in well over a year so obviously not a Kobo fan.
Absolutely nothing against kindle or Onyx, etc. I bought my mother a kindle way back when. I have used both those and a few other more obscure brands while helping people deal with theirs.
With my Sonys I can buy books, sideload or download directly from the library, sort all of my collections immediately and precisely on getting the device, (none of my collections hop around in positioning BTW the stay where I have set them) no registration required other than Adobe for library books.
I have yet to come across an ebook I wanted that I couldn't borrow or buy, and read on my Sony, but I know that some exist.
And I can read Amazon books on my touchpad, my Surface Pro 3 or my desktop. Sometimes I do, just because I can.
For Canadians Amazon is less convenient, For Americans I think they are about equal. Amazon has a better business model IMO but Sony has never attempted to push stuff at us in the same way which probably contributed to their demise in the eBook market.
Please explain in greater depth why epubs are more or even as much of a closed system than anything else. Stores are available, library bowing is available, PD is available, and the selection is very wide.
Helen