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Originally Posted by Derf
So I was showing my Kobo Clara to my sister, and she said it was 'neat', but asked me why I didn't get a Kindle. I tried explaining to her all the benefits I saw, but she just shrugged and said 'yeah, but I mean, I would probably just have gotten a Kindle.'
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That's not all that uncommon. Everyone knows Apple and Samsung make the best phones. They sell the most, don't they?
Some people don't want to put in the research on a new device that others do, so they go with what's the most popular. Honestly, I can't blame them. I love my Kobo. But if my mother-in-law wanted a new reader, I'd recommend a Kindle.
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They are basically saying that Amazon is the best, and anything that isn't Amazon or can't access Amazon is therefore not capable of being the best. Like if someone said "A Chevy is a good car, but it isn't a Ford, therefore the Chevy is not as good as the Ford." To me this logic does not compute.
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I used to see the same thing in tablet reviews. No matter how wonderful the tablet under consideration would be, it was never better than an iPad. This is the case for almost every tablet reviewed anywhere. It used to irritate me. I always assumed that there was just an unreasoning bias amongst reviewers for Apple or Amazon.
But I've never owned a Kindle or an iPhone/iPad. As dakini mentions, there may be good reasons one device is better, even if the reviewer does a poor job of explaining the reasons.