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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That isn't quite what they're saying.
What they're (apparently) saying is that if the service the app provides goes away, the app goes with it. (Why keep an app that leads nowhere?)
Imagine if one of the app-locked ebook reading services (like Oyster or Scribd) went away. The app would be useless, no?
It's not as they are talking about an app that accesses local content.
It's all part of the recentralization (aka Cloud-ification) of computing.
Some welcome it.
Me, I'm cautious.
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But for the B&N app the books are on your device, aren't they? Just like for Sony's reader app, you can't buy or download anything but you can read your already downloaded books.
For Oyster and Scribd, yes the apps would be useless. Except maybe as a way to get a refund for any remaining months.