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Originally Posted by T_Frain_K
The thing is, if you (as a company) want to stay serious, you just cannot charge for a firmware. Since it is part of the product you already paid for, which would not be of any use without it.
Besides that, you can charge for any kind of additional software no doubt.
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In fact the OS of all eReaders is some kind of stripped-down Linux. Then come the reading software for different file formats, which is additional apps.
You paid for a package of OS + reader apps and are perfectly right to demand full functionality for all of this (it was part of the deal).
But if they add additional parts for new file formats or features (like organizer, alarm clock whatever... like with Pocketbook), it's nice to get them for free, but in some way they have some right to charge (at least a little fee) for this - especially when there's license fees involved.
Like I've already said before: I'd happily pay for features I really need/want, like I've paid for some shareware tools on my PC. Come on, said 5-20 bucks is a steal, if you'd get a bunch of new features, you otherwise have to buy a new reader for...
