I'm in Arkansas where I retired after living my life in Texas and I really don't care if Canadian Kindle owners have ads on their Kindles. But I do find ereaders an interesting topic and I'd like to know.
You don't really have to care to want to know.
Personally I like to think of the ads as an optional subsidy. They'll give me $20 off if I'm willing to let them use my Kindle as a billboard. I'm not so I'm happy to pay full price.
I kind of have to think of it that way because if I thought I was paying $20 protection money to avoid ads I'd be really angry!
Advertising is a major part of the basis of our economy and I'm a strong believer in freedom of speech so even though I think much advertising is immoral I can't honestly complain too much about it. I just have to hate it silently. Well, not all that silently.
I don't spend a lot of time complaining about rats or roaches either. I just avoid them as best I can.
Barry