BuzzFeed - "Big Brother Amazon" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:42:49 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Nothing beats the smell of paper anyway! Oh, who... http://www.buzzfeed.com/kennethb3/nothing-beats-the-smell-of-paper-anyway-oh-who-3bg5-j6g

Nothing beats the smell of paper anyway! Oh, who am I kidding … I'd kill my own cat if people started downloading my book en mass.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/kennethb3/nothing-beats-the-smell-of-paper-anyway-oh-who-3bg5-j6g Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:51:28 -0400 Nothing beats the smell of paper anyway! Oh, who am I kidding ... I'd kill my own cat if people started downloading my book en mass. kennethb3 adult fuck. that. shit. http://www.buzzfeed.com/conordaleh/fuck-that-shit-3bg5-anj

fuck. that. shit.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/conordaleh/fuck-that-shit-3bg5-anj Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:06:50 -0400 fuck. that. shit. conordaleh adult I am returning my Kindle. Seriously. I love the... http://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriah/i-am-returning-my-kindle-seriously-i-love-the-3bg5-570

I am returning my Kindle. Seriously. I love the gadgetry of it but this is too, well, Orwellian.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriah/i-am-returning-my-kindle-seriously-i-love-the-3bg5-570 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:01:16 -0400 I am returning my Kindle. Seriously. I love the gadgetry of it but this is too, well, Orwellian. victoriah adult The idea that they indefinitely control what... http://www.buzzfeed.com/parker/the-idea-that-they-indefinitely-control-what-3bg5-5q

The idea that they indefinitely control what you've already bought is incredibly shady. And yet I'm sure there are still many bloggers out there that swear by the Kindle.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/parker/the-idea-that-they-indefinitely-control-what-3bg5-5q Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:57:14 -0400 The idea that they indefinitely control what you've already bought is incredibly shady. And yet I'm sure there are still many bloggers out there that swear by the Kindle. parker adult I've always hated the Kindle for this exact... http://www.buzzfeed.com/taylorm/ive-always-hated-the-kindle-for-this-exact-3bg5-5m0

I've always hated the Kindle for this exact reason - you don't actually “own” anything on it. Amazon still controls everything on it and how you can (or can not, in this case) interact with your purchases. It was always an abstract “but you're giving up your freedom” argument…until now. Thanks, Amazon!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/taylorm/ive-always-hated-the-kindle-for-this-exact-3bg5-5m0 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:59:36 -0400 I've always hated the Kindle for this exact reason - you don't actually "own" anything on it. Amazon still controls everything on it and how you can (or can not, in this case) interact with your purchases. It was always an abstract "but you're giving up your freedom" argument...until now. Thanks, Amazon! taylorm adult Too good to be an ironic coincidence. http://www.buzzfeed.com/miragj/too-good-to-be-an-ironic-coincidence-3bg5-3zr

Too good to be an ironic coincidence.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/miragj/too-good-to-be-an-ironic-coincidence-3bg5-3zr Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:36:06 -0400 Too good to be an ironic coincidence. miragj adult "It’s like Barnes & Noble sneaking into our homes in the middle of the night, taking some books that we’ve been reading off our nightstands, and leaving us a check on the coffee table." http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/ pogue.blogs.nytimes.com ]]> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:07:39 -0400 nonadult "If there's a better argument for dead-tree books and against the Kindle, I'd like to know what it is." http://gizmodo.com/5317180/amazon-remotely-deletes-legitimately-purchased-books-from-thousands-of-kindles gizmodo.com ]]> http://gizmodo.com/5317180/amazon-remotely-deletes-legitimately-purchased-books-from-thousands-of-kindles Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:04:21 -0400 nonadult Sounds like something out of “Fahrenheit 451 of the Future”. http://tanya77.tumblr.com/post/143687425/amazon-basically-guaranteed-that-ill-never-buy-a tanya77.tumblr.com ]]> http://tanya77.tumblr.com/post/143687425/amazon-basically-guaranteed-that-ill-never-buy-a Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:03:58 -0400 nonadult