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Originally Posted by Rizla
There are signs they are listening less. Consider the Kindle software and its viewing options. It's lagged behind Kobo for some years now. Many people have complained about few font choices. There are no bold font options. The much vaunted Bookerly was a disappointment and criticized for being too light. Amazon have done nothing to correct it.
Then of course Amazon, despite its dominant market position, shows zero interest in releasing an e-reader that is not 6". Really, Amazon is barely innovating in e-ink, if at all.
Signs of disconnect, perhaps.
Meanwhile Mr Bezos is playing with rockets. Like John Carmack and Id software and the forever reducing feature-set in his games. Who plays Id games now?
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That could be. But we know they pay attention to sales, and they must have tons of data. Over a year ago Amazon noticed a big uptick in sales of tablets in the $50 price range, now they have their own $50 tablet. It seems a trend that Amazon comes out with a higher quality product, then with a second product in that category at a lower price and lower specs to increase sales. We saw that with a higher priced Fire TV, then lower priced Fire TV stick, and we will be seeing a lower priced Echo in the weeks ahead if reports are accurate. They probably are more interested in being "good enough" rather than the best in every case.