defectivebydesign.org— Inspired by Seinfeld, DefectiveByDesign is "impeaching" Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to drop DRM on the Kindle.
Apr 16, 2009View in Crawl 4
I think the issue many are ignoring: If you wanted the product, and you think what was received is defective and not a design flaw, did you ask for a replacement or your money back? Look at it from the Amazon or any other retailer perspective. They are not in business to provide samples. If the product is truly not defective, what is the retailer going to do with an "open box"item? The manufacturer will charge them for the return of a good product. If a product was missing something did you ask the manufacturer for a replacement? (note: the retailer is not to blame either).
So basically what you're saying is that you should never challenge the rules?Where do you think civil rights come from? You gotta fight for your rights!
This is one of the reasons I think that the Kindle has failed.Yes, you read that right. It has Failed, it is and will always be a toy for geeks. It's 1 Device, 1 Company, 1 Store. Amazon has sure seen to put up a Wall garden around Kindle. For a E-book readers to be anything but a big Flopp it must be an open platform with more then 1 device maker and with more then 1 store to buy from and you should be able to switch your books from one device to another. As it is now, your books becomes useless if you want to migrate to another E-book reader. And what how do I sell my books if I don't want them anymore? And why do I have to send everything to Amazon before it can be read on Kindle? This is a toy, a stupid toy for geeks and it's unbelievable that they have sold more then 1 device. And why would any one want to pay 400 dollar for this crap? And it's ugly as hell. For people to want to buy this and use it as a reader it can't be priced over 99 dollar. And why all the famous Tech People like Leo Laporte and more have bought into this is unbelievable to me. And that's why I think it's a toy for geeks. They buy it because they think it's cool and they want to be in the early adopters line and feel special. Like every one in the same category bought the freaking G1-phone just because it ran Linux+OpenSource+Google and that's 3 cool things in one = a must have for any geek, just because.Ok. My post gravitated away a little bit from the subject but you get my point I hope. I think there is a feature for E-book readers. But The Kindle is not in it. This Wall Garden by Amazon can only grow to a certain size, then it will encounter too much resistance and is unable to grow an larger. I don't think that books or papers will go away. It's the best way yet to read and browser through formation fast. I guess for simple fact sheets an E-Book reader might do the job but I can't see it in school where you need to go back and fourth fast and get a good overview and mark words with a pan for an example. Things that an E-book reader will never be able to do. The overview of a news paper, or a book beats the Kindle hands down. As I said. For now, it's a toy for geeks.
kiradnoteApr 17, 2009
Come on, how many people are worried about getting banned from Amazon? This is a non-issue for everyone but this bozo.
cucinatoApr 17, 2009
evil DRM!
uwejApr 17, 2009
Hopefully this DRM madness will end some day.
wgchinnApr 17, 2009
I think the issue many are ignoring: If you wanted the product, and you think what was received is defective and not a design flaw, did you ask for a replacement or your money back? Look at it from the Amazon or any other retailer perspective. They are not in business to provide samples. If the product is truly not defective, what is the retailer going to do with an "open box"item? The manufacturer will charge them for the return of a good product. If a product was missing something did you ask the manufacturer for a replacement? (note: the retailer is not to blame either).
edantzerApr 18, 2009
So basically what you're saying is that you should never challenge the rules?Where do you think civil rights come from? You gotta fight for your rights!
mrviklundMay 14, 2009
This is one of the reasons I think that the Kindle has failed.Yes, you read that right. It has Failed, it is and will always be a toy for geeks. It's 1 Device, 1 Company, 1 Store. Amazon has sure seen to put up a Wall garden around Kindle. For a E-book readers to be anything but a big Flopp it must be an open platform with more then 1 device maker and with more then 1 store to buy from and you should be able to switch your books from one device to another. As it is now, your books becomes useless if you want to migrate to another E-book reader. And what how do I sell my books if I don't want them anymore? And why do I have to send everything to Amazon before it can be read on Kindle? This is a toy, a stupid toy for geeks and it's unbelievable that they have sold more then 1 device. And why would any one want to pay 400 dollar for this crap? And it's ugly as hell. For people to want to buy this and use it as a reader it can't be priced over 99 dollar. And why all the famous Tech People like Leo Laporte and more have bought into this is unbelievable to me. And that's why I think it's a toy for geeks. They buy it because they think it's cool and they want to be in the early adopters line and feel special. Like every one in the same category bought the freaking G1-phone just because it ran Linux+OpenSource+Google and that's 3 cool things in one = a must have for any geek, just because.Ok. My post gravitated away a little bit from the subject but you get my point I hope. I think there is a feature for E-book readers. But The Kindle is not in it. This Wall Garden by Amazon can only grow to a certain size, then it will encounter too much resistance and is unable to grow an larger. I don't think that books or papers will go away. It's the best way yet to read and browser through formation fast. I guess for simple fact sheets an E-Book reader might do the job but I can't see it in school where you need to go back and fourth fast and get a good overview and mark words with a pan for an example. Things that an E-book reader will never be able to do. The overview of a news paper, or a book beats the Kindle hands down. As I said. For now, it's a toy for geeks.
mrviklundMay 14, 2009
Who cares. I agree with him. -1 for you.
mrviklundMay 14, 2009
I agree. +1 for you!
mrviklundMay 14, 2009
Agree. Only an idiot would buy a Kindle. We are luck that only a small number has been sold.