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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
How does me not backing up my books give Amazon more revenue?
Just because I own a kindle does not mean I get all my books there.
I can put books from the library here on a kindle with no jailbreaking, no format shifting or doing anything to the file. All I need is a computer and a cable.
I am not locked into an ecosystem. I wish people that don't know about Kindles would stop saying it is a locked ecosystem. I just have to use a compatible format.
I do not have to buy my books at Amazon to use a kindle.
Now I do not like PDF on either ereader.
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Whether or not you back up your books has no impact on Amazon revenue. Caring about whether or not you can will impact their revenue if you would stop shopping at Amazon if you knew you could no longer back them up or get them to a different ereader if you chose.
You are correct that what locks a lot of people in is not that Amazon’s ecosystem is that locked. It is how easy everything is when you stay in the Amazon sandbox.