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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Here is the part I was referring to:
This does not say if you buy an ebook on Amazon I am locked into the ecosystem. That says the device is locked into the ecosystem.
So do not tell me I misunderstood.
He specifically said device.
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He
specifically said that the
point of the device was to lock
the reader, i.e. the customer, into the system, not that the device is locked into the system.
Again, the customer is locked into the system because of purchased content which can only be read on a Kindle device or app. Amazon was never about the device; it was always about selling content. But I don't even care about the chicken and egg argument; the bottom line is that the ecosystem exists and works in Amazon's favor. The reality is that most people with a Kindle have all sorts of ties to Amazon's walled garden, technical and habitual. It would be more conducive to discussion to accept it and move on.