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Jason Snell@grumpyveej it's not an open platform but a single purpose device so it seems like a bad premise
@jsnell I take the point, and the ubiquity and wide reach of the Kindle ecosystem means that every book / e- reader I've gifted recently has been a Kindle / kindle book. I can't see iBooks surviving meaningfully once Kindle in app purchasing happens on iOS. I don't think it will happen but I could see an argument from Apple saying- sure ok purchase from the Kindle app on iOS , but books purchased on iBooks should readable on Kindle
@grumpyveej I'm sure Amazon would be fine with that but it would require Apple to support their proprietary DRM on a different platform which I doubt they'd remotely want.
Bigger point, if iBooks only exists because Apple's policies make it impossible for other booksellers to sell on the platform, and if it would fail if it had competition... I think this proves the point.
@jsnell Agreed- I doubt they would want to use #Amazon's drm- and I think it's true that #iBooks only survives on the back of #Apple restrictions. That having been said- I would still like a viable alternative to the #Kindle ecosystem and I haven't found the #Kobo compelling in the UK. Thanks for your thoughts as ever.