> their ecosystem just works the best in the eBook space
I just want ebooks. I don't want an 'ecosystem in the eBook space'. If I had a similar paper book ecosystem 'in the paper book space' I'd have some giant foreign corporation insist that before I was permitted to read I must buy a bookshelf from them. Then all their books would have to be on that shelf. Then if there's a book they don't sell, or for which I choose another retailer, I'd need to buy a different shelf. Then every time I want to read a damned book I have to first know which corporation's mandated shelf it's on.
The whole DRM-ebook business stinks. I do buy the odd one from Amazon if I can't get it anywhere else, but the DRM goes immediately on download.
I just want ebooks. I don't want an 'ecosystem in the eBook space'. If I had a similar paper book ecosystem 'in the paper book space' I'd have some giant foreign corporation insist that before I was permitted to read I must buy a bookshelf from them. Then all their books would have to be on that shelf. Then if there's a book they don't sell, or for which I choose another retailer, I'd need to buy a different shelf. Then every time I want to read a damned book I have to first know which corporation's mandated shelf it's on.
The whole DRM-ebook business stinks. I do buy the odd one from Amazon if I can't get it anywhere else, but the DRM goes immediately on download.