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Old 10-10-2015, 01:12 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by jeanmoulin View Post
I beg to differ that "newer" is always better, and that maintaining old products is a waste of time, or even less profitable. First of all, the DX is NOT obsolete: its larger size makes it more readable than the newer paperwhite for some of us with tired eyes, who turned away from reading on computer screens for precisely that reason. I use the DX as my preferred choice. Second, there is a large and growing market for NONthrowaway products, especially among those of us who think that ebooks could be an ecological alternative to printed ones in a 400+ppm CO2 world undergoing a planetary crisis as we speak. Even for the manufacturer, "planned obsolescence" is not necessarily always the most profitable option: there's no economic growth on a dead planet, afterall.
I agree. Good points.
That's why after all these years, I'm still using my good old K's, and will only buy a newer model and keep it as my daily driver iff Amazon brings back features.

I'm glad there are people who don't take a ride on the bandwagon of newer gadget let's buy it because it has this and that ppi etc.
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