Thread: What would make Kobo surpass Kindle?
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Old 11-26-2017, 08:55 PM   #136
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Originally Posted by Stevex View Post
The point i was making was nothing to do with drm (as such) or epub being 'better'
Amazon are basically converting reading to a streaming service, where the content ison their servers and they stream the presentation to the device
Even today I guess the vast majority of kindle users do not bother with offline copies, their books are on Amazon servers available on demand.
I do keep my Calibre libraries in the cloud as well but I also keep multiple offline backups.
Can you be sure Amazon will still exist in 20 years? That your home territory and Amazon will be under compatible legal systems. Etc etc. A lot can happen in 2 or 3 decades and even if it's only a one in a thousand chance that's still one too many for me.
Honestly? I think the chances of Amazon existing in 20 years is much higher than the chances of Kobo or B&N existing in 20 years. And do you really think most Nook users or Kobo users back up their online library locally? Maybe most here (in this small subset of eBook buyers) but I'm guessing the vast majority of eBook buyers (at B&N and Kobo) rely on their respective ecosystems for storage (just like Amazon users).
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