Apple only lets you download a song from iTunes ONCE. You're not complaining about that.
It's crappy that the publisher put a limit on it but it's a lot better than the limit on iTunes. Should it be fixed? Definitely...Amazon says you'll always have access to your purchases, and letting the publishers get around this is reprehensible, but it's not really Amazon's fault that the publishers are greedy bastards.
As far as 1984 goes: Amazon apologised and said they're going to fix that situation in the future. If their explanation of what happened is true it was an unfortunate consequence of the way their purchasing system was set up. Don't knock them for a one time accident. Now, if it happens again, then there's a problem.
The Kindle and eBook market is new and there are going to be growing pains. Wait until the system reaches equilibrium before you start discounting it.
It doesn't matter that itunes only lets you download a song once, it has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
The issue is amazon going into your device and deleting something you had downloaded, it's not growing pains, they did this on purpose. You could say it was growing pains if someone accidentally deleted the content, but even at that point there's still an issue as to why there's a delete switch in the first place. Their apology doesn't make up for the fact that they even have the ability.
Well, apple tells you that you only download a song once, then encourages you to back it up to CD. Amazon was telling everyone that they could re-download books as many times as they want and it would always be there.
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Apple only lets you download a song from iTunes ONCE. You're not complaining about that.
It's crappy that the publisher put a limit on it but it's a lot better than the limit on iTunes. Should it be fixed? Definitely...Amazon says you'll always have access to your purchases, and letting the publishers get around this is reprehensible, but it's not really Amazon's fault that the publishers are greedy bastards.
As far as 1984 goes: Amazon apologised and said they're going to fix that situation in the future. If their explanation of what happened is true it was an unfortunate consequence of the way their purchasing system was set up. Don't knock them for a one time accident. Now, if it happens again, then there's a problem.
The Kindle and eBook market is new and there are going to be growing pains. Wait until the system reaches equilibrium before you start discounting it.
It doesn't matter that itunes only lets you download a song once, it has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
The issue is amazon going into your device and deleting something you had downloaded, it's not growing pains, they did this on purpose.
You could say it was growing pains if someone accidentally deleted the content, but even at that point there's still an issue as to why there's a delete switch in the first place. Their apology doesn't make up for the fact that they even have the ability.
You can call customer service and re-download your iTunes purchases if you say you've had a hardware failure.
Well, apple tells you that you only download a song once, then encourages you to back it up to CD. Amazon was telling everyone that they could re-download books as many times as they want and it would always be there.
Until the publisher thinks you've had enough. >_>