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Originally Posted by pwalker8
The downside is that reading apps for the iPad is basically a hobby rather than a livelihood. The money just isn't there. Most people are satisfied with the iBook and Kindle apps and never go beyond them. It would be nice if someone would constantly be improving their app, but I think it's a bit unrealistic to expect that to happen.
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This is the crux of the matter.
Basically, it's a miracle that any of these apps exists and that we don't need to use atrocious e-reader apps like iBooks or Kindle. Yes, each of these alternative apps has its many flaws, too, but it's much better compared to if all we had was just bland and dumb corporate software like iBooks and Kindle.
It's 2017, and the situation has slowly been improving compared to, say, 2011, just after Amazon killed Stanza. The situation was utterly bleak back then – it seemed hopeless. There was no Marvin. No MapleRead. No Hyphen. Now we do have these apps, although there's huge room for improvement in each of them. But overall, the situation in 2017
is markedly better than in 2011.