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issybird · 01-09-2019, 09:15 AM

I don't like the ads. I'm enjoying the Fire HD 8 I got on Thanksgiving especially since I've got the Google Play Store installed, but I just can't justify spending $15 to remove the ads from a device that cost me $27.50. That's kooky talk.

I think the ads would annoy me more on a Kindle, but unless I had splashed out on the Oasis I'd find the $20 premium to be way too big a percentage of the sale price of the Paperwhite (and of course it would have been bought on sale). For that matter, it's still too big a percentage of the non-sale price, at a 17% increase.

I also think OEM covers cost way too much as a percentage of the device price, but that's a different rant. Obviously MMV in both situations.

01-09-2019, 09:15 AM	#256
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,367 Karma: 235205657 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I don't like the ads. I'm enjoying the Fire HD 8 I got on Thanksgiving especially since I've got the Google Play Store installed, but I just can't justify spending $15 to remove the ads from a device that cost me $27.50. That's kooky talk. I think the ads would annoy me more on a Kindle, but unless I had splashed out on the Oasis I'd find the $20 premium to be way too big a percentage of the sale price of the Paperwhite (and of course it would have been bought on sale). For that matter, it's still too big a percentage of the non-sale price, at a 17% increase. I also think OEM covers cost way too much as a percentage of the device price, but that's a different rant. Obviously MMV in both situations.