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Originally Posted by johnnyb
But it's simply not true that Apple hardware only supports Apple Books.
There is a million epub apps and ther Kindle and Kobo apps, plus Bluefire Reader for DRM'ed epubs.
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My accidental misplacement of the word "only" seems to cause a lot of confusion
Understandable, as it does alter the meaning of the sentence.
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It is however true that you can read Apple Books only on Apple hardware, with the aforementioned exception of DRM free Apple Books (like ‘the classics’) which are delivered as regular DRM free epubs.
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This is what I actually meant: I you can read Apple Books only on Apple hardware.
Because of that, and other similar restrictions that you can run OSX only on Apple computers (without hacking), and if you want iOS you can only buy Apple phones, that brand will not be a thing for me if I can avoid them.
As far as I'm concerned, they disqualify themselves most of the time, because of their "Apple only, everthing else is junk" mindset. To each their own, but with regard to computers, phones or tablets, I've never taken them into consideration, except if there's no other option. One such case is with the iPad 12.9 inch, which I need for a single, very specific purpose; not because it's Apple, but because it's the only decent tablet with a 4:3 almost 13 inch screen, which is *almost* an A4.
In the past I've also owned an iPod 160GB, because it was, at that time, the only MP3-player with storage larger than 60GB that could be obtained in the Netherlands.