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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
You would buy a Kindle solely BECAUSE it had better marketing?
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Did I say that? No, I didn't.
What I was communicating is that most everybody has heard of a Kindle, whether they have one or not. I am willing to bet that very few, in the grand scheme of things, have even heard of Kobo. This is due in part to marketing, but much more so due to consumer acceptance and availability. You could hold up a Kobo product, or a Nook, in a crowd and 95% (or more) of the people would say, "Oh, I see you have a Kindle!"
Now, I am one who actually tends to gravitate to the underdog (bad choice of words - "to the one less used") if indeed it is better than the one everyone knows about. That is why I use Linux over Windows. In my view, Linux is so clearly superior that the choice is a no-brainer.
But for commodity products, like eReaders, I will gravitate to the one with the widest acceptance. For the purposes of reading a book, a Kindle is a Kobo is a Nook. They all do their basic job nearly identically. There are a few minor differences here and there - one might manage large collections of books better, one might have a slightly better lighting system, one might be slightly more waterproof, etc. But for for all practical purposes, they are all the same at their basic task, and it is individual preference as to which one to pick.
My preference is to pick the one most used by other people,
for inexpensive commodity items.