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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Why would they need to also delete any and all indication that you ever bought/borrowed/read a book merely because you chose to delete it from your account?
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Because that's what "permanently delete it from your account" means to someone who understands the English language.
Like if someone agrees to a condition in a court of law and is told their offense will be deleted from their record. It's gone. And it doesn't pop back up later to haunt them when they're looking for a job or whatever. It's gone.
It's also common sense (the least common of all senses). What would be the purpose of deleting your ability to access a book without deleting records of it? And, why would Amazon delete it from your view in "Manage My Content"? They could remove your ability to access the book and leave it there in Manage My Content. But they don't. They make it appear that they actually deleted it by removing it from Manage My Content. Since that's the only way customers could look at things, the natural assumption would be that Amazon really deleted the book(s). Until - a decade later - Amazon adds a new "Your Books" feature, and it's only then that the customer can see Amazon's earlier deception. Amazon had hidden this for years.