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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
It strikes me that this is a move in the direction of -- instead of having DRM-free books available for any device, there will be Amazon DRM-ed books readable on any device (except other competing ereaders). So, no need to worry about netbooks, tablets, etc. - one store can serve all. :
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One store to rule them all... yessss my precioussss.
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
For the non-tech buyers, why buy a new ereader with a new DRM to deal with? Just load the Kindle reading software on your current devices. A brilliant follow-up to freeing the ereader from the PC for buying/downloading books. ...
Bezos seems to be following Gates' path to monopoly: put your software on everything, or make it run on everything, and let consumers buy their way into your kingdom.  |
The wonder is it took him this long to figure it out. He should have
started this way. And if he's smart, there'll be "Kindle on my Nook" one day soon. SDK bedamned.
Regards,
Jack Tingle