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Originally Posted by ChrisC333
I'd agree with that. I think we'll see a whole range of options tried over the next decade or so. For instance, as manufacturing costs come down it might even be possible to make a more or less "disposable" reading device. Such an item might have something like a preloaded set of "The Complete Works of..." a copyrighted author, or all the volumes in a popular series, or whatever bundling could be marketed at a price which could include the cost of a simple device with no wifi, no USB, no ability at instal more material, and the bare minimum of electronics needed to read the content. It's not my preferred way of doing things, but we've already seen that philosophy working in many other product areas.
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I don't think they would actually strip things down to quite that extent as leaving out such things as usb prevents them from selling you new stuff, they have got the ereader into your hands by selling you it as part of the complete works you bought and now they would use it to flog you more ebooks.