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To be honest - this was my presumption as well. I dont know which discussions are going on in the background - take your time, figure it out. Hopefully.
You all missed another important discussion here already - perhaps, because you are looking so intently at the "service" part - when you are discussing what this community provides -
That amazon now controls
- the format (proprietary nature of kfx (format))
- the distribution (only Amazon can distribute kfx)
and
- production (only Amazon can produce kfx)
really warrants a discussion, that did not take place in here at all. In Germany we have media science professors at the largest political/industry/media summits of the year talking about the new concept of "the industrialisation of distribution formats" - where all cultural aspects are stripped away from what we in the past called media (in this case an eBook).
This hasnt been the topic of discussion on the international level at all.
This is me saying - think about the issues, take your time - but eventually, be productive - because, our societies need this group of people.