Amusing thought-police associations aside, it is clear to see in this article at the Register.com why Amazon Kindle’s high-price, expensive eBooks, and locked and managed personal libraries are a business model doomed to fail in an age when digital information and machinery are designed to promote accessibility, convenience and practicality.
Every time I read a story about Amazon’s draconian business ethics I cringe, knowing illegal eBook sharers and pirates pop up to exploit the situation. The Kindle business model will fail without serious adjustments that favor the consumer.
It’s a terrible joke on us all that they’re getting dictatorial with George Orwell’s 1984, yah?
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