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The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy

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101 points kozmonaut | 1 comments | 27 Sep 25 06:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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GardenLetter27 ◴[27 Sep 25 07:29 UTC] No.45393822[source]▶
At least e-Ink screens are becoming cheaper and better so there'll be plenty of alternatives if they block side-loading.
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pasc1878 ◴[27 Sep 25 07:40 UTC] No.45393876[source]▶
I don't see any incentive for Amazon to do that. Even if you do not buy any books from Amazon you still paid them for the Kindle. And if you have a Kindle you might buy the odd book from them.

Also the Kindle is marketed as allowing you to put your own documents on it.

Yes Amazon want to stop you reading books licensed from then on anything but a Kindle but not the other way around.

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NoboruWataya ◴[27 Sep 25 08:09 UTC] No.45394000[source]▶
As I understand it they don't make much money from the sale of the Kindle itself as they want to lock you into their ebook ecosystem which is where they make their money. I don't have hard figures though.

They may market it like that now, but that can change. If Google can stop you sideloading apps on Android, I have no doubt Amazon could try to stop you sideloading books on your Kindle.

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jimnotgym ◴[27 Sep 25 08:33 UTC] No.45394102[source]▶
This will be a nice foundation for an anti trust case.

1) sell device at break even/loss to gain market share

2) retrospectively lock out all content not from amazon

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nikanj ◴[27 Sep 25 09:18 UTC] No.45394328[source]▶
Now you just need a legal system that will pursue anti trust cases
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1. itopaloglu83 ◴[27 Sep 25 10:34 UTC] No.45394624[source]▶
And before that you need a congress that will pass legislation to prevent such cases or even allow existing laws to be applied by not actively intervening.