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I'm pretty sure that what Amazon is doing is legal. I've been having fun calling them stupid, but they're anything but that. No doubt there is something buried deep down in the user license agreement for the Kindle that says Amazon is allowed to "manage content" or some other obscure term like that (which actually means "delete content at their whim").
So is their behavior legal? Yes, probably. Is it ethical, moral, customer friendly? No. But it's doubtful Amazon cares about that. They're in it to make money, not make friends. Amazon probably figures their bottom line is better served by forcing people into their closed ecosystem than by stopping a few customers from getting angry and moving to Kobo. This is called "monopoly behavior". Amazon is a monopoly on eBooks and audiobooks these days, and on online sales as well - so they'll just do whatever they want. Customer concerns no longer matter when you are a monopoly.
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