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Originally Posted by rhadin
Although I run Windows, I can buy my software from Adobe, Corel, and thousands of other vendors. If I buy a Kindle, I break the license agreement if I do not buy the books as well from Amazon. And because Amazon has the ability to disable the Kindle remotely, it is in a position to enforce the TOS. That is a significant difference between the two business models.
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If you buy OS X Leopard, you can't install it on anything but a Mac or else you break their EULA...despite the fact they flaunt Boot Camp.
Where did you hear that Amazon has the ability to disable the Kindle remotely? Through the wireless (you never have to turn on), they can update your books but I've never heard of a case where they deep 6'd books. You can lose your Amazon account if you are a jackass but you still get to access to your books you currently have on it and the device itself (even if you are banned from the store)
Sounds like you misheard something.
- edit If you are talking about flags, you know that Sony's Blu-Ray has a flag (Image Constraint Token or ICT) that, when activated, will downcovert the picture to SD quality if your player is plugged in a "unsecured" fashion. Just because there is a flag, doesn't mean the company will ever activate it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Constraint_Token