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I don't remember which year it was now--perhaps notjohn shall--
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The only year I can reliably remember is 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia.
There has, more recently (more recently than 1648 and also the year you're referring to), been a contretemps over the SRL with respect to Kindle Unlimited books. I suppose Amazon was upset that some people might be earning 0.004 cents for making readers start with the TOC. That seems to have died down, presumably because Amazon figured out a way to set the SRL to its satisfaction. (When we say "Amazon sets it...." surely we mean that Amazon relies on software to set it? There must be thousands of new e-books every day!)
As for "first full page of text," that has not been my experience. More often, the purchased book opens in the middle of the TOC. (Not the beginning. The middle, even if it's a short one.)