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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What I don't get is why some people buy a Kindle.
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I got Paperwhite One because:
- at the time that was the only front-lit e-ink reader
- I was visiting USA at the time it came out, so I could buy it much cheaper than it was going to be sold for here in Europe
- I wanted to try it (and I knew I would be able to recover the cost by selling it here in case I do not like it)
- I thought that I might:
- a) get used to it
- b) be able to hack and tweak it to my satisfaction.
- I wanted to read those few e-books I accumulated on my Amazon Account on an e-ink reader legally.
When other manufacturers introduced front-lit e-ink readers I sold my Kindle and purchased model that was much more to my liking.
I suspect that other people (*) buying Kindles buy them because:
- they do not realize they are not going to like the book formatting and/or library organization
- Kindle is the cheapest
- they do not realize there are other, obscure brands, such as PocketBook, Tolino, ...
- they think they might be able to root, jailbreak, hack, tweak or otherwise customize their Kindle. It used to be relatively easy in the past.
(*) obviously, I am talking about people that dislike the user interface and are trying to do something about it.
For the vast majority of users this is the only reader they ever tried and they usually like it, or get used to it, or return to the paper books.