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Originally Posted by Sonist
Geez, this can't be such a tricky concept.
What part of "MY FILES" is so difficult to grasp?!
Like, I download updates from Quickbooks, but they can't legally delete MY company files, just because I have chosen a different payroll provider, or refused to update to their latest version (yes, they can delete my backup on THEIR server.)
Or, Apple/AT&T can't delete MY personal contact files, just because I jailbroke my iPhone (yes, they can disable my ability to activate through THEIR servers.)
Or, my email provider cannot "synchronize" with my email client, and delete MY emails on MY computer, because I dumped them for another provider (yes, they can delete all messages on THEIR servers.)
Is this so difficult to understand? An orangutan can figure it out.
What are you, people? Corporate communists?!!  |
Ok, obviously I am missing something.
From everything I've read in this thread and about the kindle in general, when you agree to the TOS agreement you are in effect asking Amazon to manage your Amazon related kindle data remotely via their servers. In effect you are asking them to update the firmware, delete old subscriptions, sync your different devices, keep copies of your annotations and bookmarks, and yes, whether you agree with it or not, delete books you no longer have any legal right to.
So again, explain how Amazon are doing something illegal or outside the TOS agreement rather than simply something you don't like?
As for your examples, I don't see any situation in which you have explicitly agreed to a service of data management by the company in question. For example, your email provider has an agreement with you to provide email services and to store your emails on its' server. It does not have an agreement to delete said emails and therefore it can not do so until the agreement is terminated and then it can delete them from its' servers. Same goes with all your other examples.
Cheers,
PKFFW