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Old 10-01-2009, 02:06 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by =X= View Post
While one can argue that Amazon is a monopoly or not the example you give is just way off. You are confusing market control vs. close systems. There is no argument that the Kindle is closed but that does not make it a monopoly. By your definition SONY's LRX would be a monopoly, so would PS3, XBox are also monopolies because you cant play an XBox game on a PS3.

Now if you think Amazon is a monopoly on the book market I think your quite mistaken. You can walk into any book and buy any paperback the Kindle has to offer.

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you've made a false comparison between edevices and game consoles. since all game consoles have exclusive file formats, while many edevices have non-exclusive file formats, i dont think this is a valid comparison. In order to properly compare consoles and edevices, two gaming consoles would have to be able to play the same game format, which they can't. sure, xbox can only play xbox, the same way kindle can only read kindle files, but that ignores the rest of the market.

also, i never said amazon has a monopoly on the book market. to the contrary, i said buying paperbacks may be an inadequate substitute for the kindle format, depending on the consumer.
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