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Originally Posted by elborak
You're not the only one scratching their head over that.
I'm half convinced he has points, but I've been struggling to parse them out of the rambling writing style he utilizes.
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From what I can see he does raise points. Though he implies that they are new and have not been debated on mobileread, the contrary seems to be true.
With great difficulty, what I have been able to discern from his posts is:
He seems to subscribe to the books as special snowflakes argument, but makes no mention of the Authors United letter and surrounding events.
His other points are associated with the dangers of the .kfx format, but he seems to ignore what happened when .kf8 was released and treats the worst case scenario as if it is not only inevitable but has already happened,
He is rabidly anti-Amazon to the exclusion of any discussion of the practices of competitors.
EDIT: I should make it clear that these topics are always worthwhile to discuss, though the special snowflake argument really has been done to death. KFX as a format, formats in general and drm are also constant topics of discussion. But these topics should be raised plainly without the anti-Amazon rant and without the misrepresentation not only that they are new and haven't previously been debated but also that such discussion is shut down and frowned upon because Amazon supposedly cannot be criticised. Amazon cops plenty of criticism in these forums even from its supporters, of which I count myself one. At present there is a thread where Paul is attempting to hold Amazon to account for its past statements about access to purchases after an account is closed by them. Also, I and others have made it very plain that we have fears about kfx. I have raised a worst case scenario in the longer term where Amazon goes exclusively .kfx and Adobe's new drm becomes mandatory. However, it seems that our friend believes the sky is falling now and that anyone who does not believe this is burying their heads in the sand.