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Old 05-07-2025, 11:25 AM   #2750
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Originally Posted by JBaby View Post
I see those statements all the time. One of my favorites is “Kindle was the first ereader so that’s why it’s the best.” Another good one is, “Amazon invented ebooks.” I love debunking those statements.

I think Kindle is a good device, but I don’t think it’s the end all be all of ereaders. Another factor that plays into all of this is that there are a lot of people who are strangely, imo, loyal to Amazon. It’s as if some of these people think they’re close, personal friends of Jeff himself. In a few threads it got almost sycophantic, but I don’t know what they think they’re gaining. I’ve never understood such brand loyalty.
I found this thread where a lot of people seem... defensive.

Some posts of note:
- Kobo will eventually do it too!
- People complaining the article is "misleading" or "rage bait"
- People defending DRM (???)
- People defending the "you only buy a license" thing (???)

Sigh.
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