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Why Does Amazon Want To Sell Its Own Smartphone, Anyway

Posted by Unknown on from the pay-to-be-the-product dept.

curtwoodward (2147628) writes "Amazon is well-established as an e-commerce and cloud computing pioneer. So why do its ambitions include a bigger push into consumer electronics, including a long-rumored leap into the very competitive smartphone market? In a word, control — of data, consumer profiles, and royalties on purchases."

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  1. Re:Smart customers can avoid being exploited for d by Kardos · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except that you have no control over whether that book will remain on your Kindle. You just have to have faith that your books won't be revoked for $SomeRandomReason.

    Famous example: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07...
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