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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Is it really a discount if the Kindle with ads costs the same as the competition without ads? What makes it a discount, aside from Jeff Bezos deciding to call it one?
For it to be a discount, it seems like the MSRP of a Kindle with ads should be $20 less than the competition.
The by far largest ereader seller on the planet can't find a way to sell a Kindle Paperwhite at the same exact cost as the Glowlight 3 and Clara HD, aside from displaying ads? Surely that can't be true.
If you are willing to call the surcharge a discount, shouldn't you also refer to the advertising as special offers?
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When you get a reduced price it's a discount. The price points for other devices is irrelevant. You are free to buy one of the others and not worry about the discount. Perhaps for you it's not a discount but rather a fee you're paying to complain. I buy my Kindles without a discount and have no complaints.
Zodwallop: "Exactly, just like paying $20 to remove ads is a surcharge, not a discount."
I remove ads and pay nothing because I did not choose, as in a free choice, to not include the ads in the first place. You chose, as in free choice, and then complain. How strange.