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Originally Posted by khintul
The blame for the confusion, I think, must lay with Amazon
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Ehh...well, maybe partially.
But I think most of the blame must lay with the user.
Amazon can probably do a better job with marketing and education, sure.
But it's not like the info is hidden or obfuscated, so the bulk of the blame has to be put on users who buy something with out understanding what it is, what it does, or even, apparently, what it's called.
Though, to be fair, in the specific case of the user you quoted, maybe she DOES have a Kindle Fire...perhaps it's new to her from eBay or from a friend.
We still have a Kindle Fire in our house.
And also, a Fire (Kindle labeled or not) is indeed designed and intended to be used with Amazon's ecosystem, so it's not the
fault of Amazon if people are only interested in getting books the easiest, most integrated way on the device, and are not interested in using third party apps and processes. It's how the device is positioned and, ideally, what people know they are buying it for.