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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Even if you remove the special offers, the Kindle still has the same ads the Nook has. About a third of the home screen is made up of 'Recommended For You' If anything, the Nook wins there because at least it doesn't have special offers.
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You can turn that off on a Kindle. I have mine set in list mode with recommendations turned off so all I see on my home screen is a set of menus on top and a list of my books below.
When I browse books on my Kobo I tap the Library button and then Books and see a list of my books there as well. I don't want fancy. I don't want glitz. I just want titles and authors.
I have a 7" Fire tablet as well as some older Fire tablets and more and more with each update Amazon keeps finding more ways to advertise to me on them. I find that pretty offensive. I bought those tablets and paid for no ads and I'm getting ads anyway. I've been a big fan of Amazon for years and living in a small town with no car I depend on them but lately they're starting to get to me a little. I just transferred a file to my Fire this morning using Wifi Explorer and halfway through the transfer an ad popped up on the screen, killing the transfer. If Jeff Bezos had been nearby...well, maybe I better not say what I'd like to do because he's younger and bigger than me.
Anyway that isn't a problem yet with e-ink Kindles. When it is I'll have to decide what to do. I remember a few years ago Amazon did something, maybe it was a survey question in their forum, I forget, anyway it was asking customers how they felt about books with advertising in them. I replied that if they want me to stop buying books and start looking for pirate copies without ads that's the way to do it. I guess they got a lot of negative responses because so far they haven't done it.
Barry