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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I guess what I'm trying to say....Are Kindle users so much less intelligent than other e-book users? I surely don't hear the same complaints about the Sony or ebookwise.
Or is Amazon pandering to the 'lazy' amongst us?
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Amazon clearly designed their system to be simple to use for non-technical people. This, combined with their greater visibility, seems likely to build a user base of non-geeks that other devices likely missed. However, non-technical does not necessarily mean less intelligent. I know some brilliant people who are still nervous about downloading and transferring files via USB and I know some brilliant engineers who haven't read a novel since university. We also know from this site that there are plenty of us geeky types that own Kindles.
Aside from these extremes, I would imagine there's a substantial middle ground of people who just want to enjoy their books and haven't had any problem doing that so far. If they come across a circumstance where they cannot do something they want to do and believe they should be able to do, some of them will dig for an answer (and likely join us here). It's hard for me to believe that the average owner of any device dedicated to reading books is fundamentally lazy or lacking in intelligence.