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10-13-2024, 12:39 PM | #632 |
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Again, the files say "I really am a Kindle store file" so how is Amazon supposed to know that they *aren't*?
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10-13-2024, 12:51 PM | #633 | |
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10-13-2024, 12:56 PM | #634 |
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Right, and then Amazon leaves actually corrupt files sitting around that do things like get the indexer stuck and burn up battery life and people will whine and complain about their incompetence that they didn't get cleaned up. It's a no-win. People want the benefits of their files being treated as official Amazon files but don't want to suffer the consequences of their files being treated like official Amazon files.
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10-13-2024, 03:00 PM | #638 |
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No, the files aren't saying that. Amazon is presumptuously interpreting it that way.
How does Amazon get to lay claim on something simply because its content contains the four simple letters E B O K ? If they want to mark books they have sold, maybe they could do it in a bit more sophisticated manner? There are easy ways to digitally sign content in a secure way. Adding the letters "EBOK" to it is not one of those ways. |
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I don't use kindle sync features. I wouldn't care if they went away, but there are people for whom they are important. If this problem is caused by a bug, then that bug should certainly be fixed. IMO, amazon takes many nefarious actions, but I don't think that this is one of them. |
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The way I see it, is this metadata is to pass information to the Kindle hardware/firmware regarding how it should handle a particular eBook. And there is nothing wrong with an individual trying to instruct the Kindle to give the same treatment to their personally owned eBook. The Kindle belongs to the customer, not Amazon. This metadata is not to pass information to Amazon so they can delete the book from the Kindle. On their whim. Without notice. Silently. Without adding a note to their logfile indicating what they have done or why. Personally, I call that "nefarious".
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Perhaps if Amazon did a pop up similar to the one Kobo uses when you have opened books and then not read them for an extended period asking if you want the book to be marked unread, I could accept their action. To do it silently without any notification is enough to qualify it as nefarious IMNSHO.
The apologist suggesting Amazon are removing potentially corrupt books without any evidence that such books actually existed and were removed to excuse Amazon's actions are grasping at straws to defend the indefensible, again IMNSHO. |
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^Why are you so unwilling to apply Hanlon's razor, especially since it hasn't been happening to kindles frequently connected to wifi?
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Where is the "why?" part of their logfile entry? Just saying "We deleted your book" is pretty useless (although it does confirm that they did it intentionally). We look in logfiles to find out what might have preceded, caused or triggered an event like this. We already know the event happened. That's why we are looking in the logfile in the first place. I agree that a strict literalist could look at the sentence I wrote and pick it apart word by word alongside a dictionary to try and tease some alternate meaning from it to mount a counterpoint. That is quite common behavior here on MobileRead. I thought it was obvious that I was asking for details and motivations in the logfile. You know, information that would actually be helpful to someone trying to figure out what happened. THAT is what is missing from the logfile. Do you have other information I am not aware of to share on this? I'll be glad to read over it and possibly change my opinion of Amazon's behavior if warranted. |
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IMHO, Amazon was probably attempting to remove books that are no longer available to the user such as Kindle Unlimited loans that have been returned or any books that have been removed from the user's digital content. That the algorithm they use to decide which books to remove is more of an area effect weapon (think MOAB) than a targeted weapon (think sniper rifle) is on Amazon. Applying Hanlon's Razor would make no difference other than to suggest that Amazon suffers from stupidity rather than malice. To the end user, this makes no difference, their sideloaded books would still be missing and Amazon is carrying the blame for doing so. |
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