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Originally Posted by scottjl
but Amazon's already demonstrated ability to yank your content off your device without notice. So you trade Jobs for Bezos.
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Not sure if your trolling or mean this as a serious statement, but there is no way you can compare the iPad restrictions to Amazon's. There have been a few (actually only one that I recall) cases where Amazon withdrew content. In this case it was a legal issue. According to law, Amazon should not have sold what it already sold. Furthermore, Amazon has said they wouldn't do that again. Amazon did not make an editorial decision to remove said content.
In the case of Apple, there is no legal justification. Apple decides what is good for you. Sometimes it has moral issues. Other times it doesn't like satire. At times it has competitive concerns. Or performance concerns. Apple just seems to have a wide range of reasons for refusing content that doesn't meet its criteria.