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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Amazon has made a lot of decisions that are solely for locking people to their ecosystem and not good for business in general. So that wouldn't surprise me at all. I've read the Kindle department isn't making the kind of money Amazon expects (no idea if it's actually true), so yeah, Amazon might well decide apps and the cloud reader are enough.
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The devices are also sold at- or below-cost, iirc, and they make up the sales with eBook purchases. (People complaining about Kobo prices because it's Amazon subsidizing the Kindles.)