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Re:Amazon Is Becoming the New Microsoft by kazinator on Sunday November 19, 2017 @04:14PM (#15735975)
> They're not interchangeable.

While that is true, more importantly, they are their respective purveyors' spyware devices using which they intend to claw their way into people's lives to an even greater extent.

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Re:Amazon Is Becoming the New Microsoft by wlesieutre on Sunday November 19, 2017 @06:06PM (#15736469)
And claw you into their ecosystems.

Amazon is more than happy to sell you other brands of USB cables or clothes, despite having their own "Amazon Basics" brand.

But they draw the line at other brands of eBook readers and media players.

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