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by mjjjjjjj 1313 days ago
I think Kindle might be the ideal situation for this kind of strategy, as I imagine ebooks have healthy margins, the store lock-in isn’t total or even that inconvenient but it’s enough to funnel sales their way most of the time, and I imagine the continuing development costs are minimal compared to a more full featured tablet or a program like Alexa. Unfortunately most things aren’t an easy commodity to work with like chunks of the written word.