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Originally Posted by ratinox
You are correct, but does it matter? I think it doesn't matter much. J. Random Shareholder doesn't care if my Kindle DX is being used to read books or if its just a placeholder for purchases and downloads and DRM-stripping. They care about their stock dividends, and they care about actions which could (will) reduce those dividends.
Amazon could offer some kind of discount or rebate to us legacy device owners to get us to "upgrade". I can see Amazon not doing this for several reasons. Selling these devices at a loss is a hit to the bottom line which share holders don't want. Not all of us legacy device owners will take that action (I wouldn't trade my DX for a new Paperwhite at any price) which is a long-term customer loss which is another hit to the bottom line. Are Amazon willing to take these hits? D&T will stick around until the answer to this question is "yes".
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You are ignoring the evidence of things that have already happened in order to engage in specious speculation, it seems to me. First, Amazon has already disallowed D&T on its newest Kindles, a clear indicator that it's on the chopping block. If not, why bother? My own speculation based on that is that the profit from data is (probably far) greater than any profits resulting from D&T to legacy devices. Amazon stock doesn't pay dividends, btw. Facts matter.
Second, Amazon has had a program to get those whose devices would no longer connect to the store to upgrade. Again, it's already done that. So why not again? And saying that Kindles are sold at a loss is speculation which I'm not sure is supported by the prices of comparable devices. The ship may have sailed on upgrading your DX, however, as that fell under the earlier program.
