Re:I'm meeting Jeff Bezos tonight-- what should I ask him?
by wanorris on Tuesday April 15, 2008 @12:35PM
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What is Amazon's strategy regarding digital media sales? Their MP3 store is built around open standards, but Unbox video is tightly DRMed and doesn't even run on Macs, and their Kindle books only work on a single, closed device. Is this all purely tactical based on the individual markets? Do they have a long-term vision for how digital media ought to work?
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Re:I'm meeting Jeff Bezos tonight-- what should I ask him?
by pchristensen on Tuesday April 15, 2008 @01:11PM
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Not sure about Unbox, but Kindle is just doing what the iTunes did - start out locked so that media owners agree to get on board, then once they're addicted to your revenue stream, then you can pry some openness out of them if you want (or any other concession for that matter).