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HansTWN · 07-26-2009, 10:35 PM

there are dozens of publishers and dozens of online stores. The only one that even has a remote shot at a dominant market position (and that is US only) is Amazon. Aren't you a little paranoid???

I have no idea where this hatred of "evil corporate entities" comes from. Didn't even know "Das Kapital" was available as an ebook, lol. Anyway, many in this thread have expressed the idea that it is not ok to pay for ebooks. I have no problem with your position in general.

The company closest to becoming a monopoly these days is actually building their business model around free (ad supported) services. And that is Google. Funny enough, they are usually worshipped as a model of corporate behavior. Even the Microsoft "monopoly" is evaporating as we speak.

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HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	there are dozens of publishers and dozens of online stores. The only one that even has a remote shot at a dominant market position (and that is US only) is Amazon. Aren't you a little paranoid??? I have no idea where this hatred of "evil corporate entities" comes from. Didn't even know "Das Kapital" was available as an ebook, lol. Anyway, many in this thread have expressed the idea that it is not ok to pay for ebooks. I have no problem with your position in general. The company closest to becoming a monopoly these days is actually building their business model around free (ad supported) services. And that is Google. Funny enough, they are usually worshipped as a model of corporate behavior. Even the Microsoft "monopoly" is evaporating as we speak. Last edited by HansTWN; 07-26-2009 at 10:48 PM.