Re: REVIEW of "The Review"

>One philosophical reason (as well as a practical one), you can do more with
a non-dedicated ereader device. 

Not sure how you define a "non-dedicated ereader device" but the Kindle
Fire, for example, is an Android device, so one can have more than one
"ebook reader" on that Android device.  For example "Amazon Kindle" is just
one Android applet on the device, FBReader  is another, the Silk Browser is
yet another way to read ebooks, it also supports PDF via another applet,
etc.  So all these device manufacturers take a certain amount of steps to
partially "lock down" their devices, and people find ways to work around
those locks, without even bothering to break the locks.  Only the most
adventurous take full "jailbreak" access to the machines, because it is easy
to "brick" one's device, and manufacturers have been known to retaliate on
their next software release.  Which is not even getting into the issue of
DRM-cracking, which would be a more serious business.  I don't jailbreak and
I don't crack DRM -- life's too short to waste my time on this stuff.  But I
find it good fun to figure out ways to work around the restrictions the
monopolists keep trying to build into their machines.  Don't know why they
don't realize that people are happy to buy their stuff -- IF they offer good
quality good value at a good price in the first place.



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