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Originally Posted by kjk
I disagree. If Amazon had supported multiple formats, that would prove they weren't interested in a monopoly. Trying to push a proprietary format seems more of an issue-at least that's been the argument against Apple in the past.
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To pull of the total monopoly on ebooks wouldn't they then also have to pull off a total monopoly on dedicated readers? Wiping out Sony, Irex, etc? A very long shot. Sure, they are on computers, phones, etc with their app. But there are many millions of other e-ink and LCD readers sold each year. An estimated 13 million e-ink readers this year. With less than half of that being Kindles.
Sure, the Kindle tried to imitate the Apple "walled garden" model. Makes sense for books, of course.