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Originally Posted by fugazied
On the other hand, why isn't the FTC investigating Amazon because the Kindle doesn't handle e-pub and it is impossible to use many other formats on the device?
Funny many people are screaming about the iPad being able to render every kind of e-book, meanwhile the Nook, Kindle, Sony devices are partially or fully closed to many alternative formats provided by other vendors.
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Apples and oranges may make a great fruit salad, but they are terrible for comparisons.
A file format is just another feature. What Apple is doing is blocking competitors on their platform while allowing other third parties. This could be a violation existing regulations. We shall see.
If Microsoft were to ban the Safari browser from all Windows machines, how long do you think it would take for a lawsuit to be filed? 1 day? What if it banned FireFox?