2013-04-27, 05:59
I don't think Amazon itself particularly wanted all this. We can really thank the content providers for forcing it. Amazon's upcoming device is a way for them to continue distribution with full power to negotiate with and to satisfy the content providers without having to twist the arms of other distributors of the content in order to stay in the business. As nothing more than a fully sanctioned spigot I'll bet it comes so cheap that it will be really hard for anybody to complain about it.