Quote:
Originally Posted by khalleron
Does SirBruce work for Amazon? It seems no matter what Amazon does, he's there cheering.
|
No, but I'm a longtime Amazon customer since they started and they gave me a very nice credit card so there's a lot of loyalty built up there.
Quote:
Originally Posted by khalleron
I don't own a Kindle, but I understand people's ire. Amazon justifies the higher price of the Kindle by the increased capabilities it has over the Sony, i.e. wireless access to books, documents and the web. If Amazon starts charging more for something people feel they've already paid for, then yes, anger is justified.
|
The way certain people are talking and reacting to this news leads me to think they don't understand it. Amazon is not charging $0.15 per megabyte to download books! They're not charging $0.15 per megabyte to use the web! They're only charging $0.15 per megabyte to use their email document conversion service wirelessly, which pratically speaking effects a tiny percentage of their customer base. These people can still use the conversion service for free, or use a third-party program like Calibre, and put the converted books on their Kindle via USB. Or even via a website wirelessly if they're clever.