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I listen to a huge amount of text using TTS, and its availability on the K2 was a major factor in my purchase. I use it almost exclusively for nonfiction, feeling that the "robot voice" is pretty grossly inappropriate for literature. Before the K2 I used my Macintosh's built in TTS to listen to online magazines, emailed newsletters, blogs, Questia.com books, etc., etc. Having the Kindle's huge selection of nonfiction books available for listening was a real thrill for me. I nearly doubled the size of my Amazon wish list in a few days.
When the option-to-disable-TTS decision was announced I had a moment of panic, but my response was to track down and figure out how to use the DRM-removal scripts that are available for Kindle books. Now I routinely convert Kindle books I want to listen to into plain text and listen to them on my Mac. The Macintosh TTS voice is a little better (IMO) than the K2's anyway.
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