Amazon removed books from my Kindle

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by slm

If I have been reading this thread correctly, that is incorrect--they are removing content that the user has marked as Amazon content but Amazon does not show as Amazon content.

It is still not their business to remove any content from anyone's personal device.

[nabsltd]

Originally Posted by slm

If I have been reading this thread correctly, that is incorrect--they are removing content that the user has marked as Amazon content but Amazon does not show as Amazon content.

Just because an e-book on a Kindle has metadata that matches some metadata at Amazon does not mean the book is "Amazon content".

[DiapDealer]

Please. Do people really believe they should accept NO responsibility for trying to trick Amazon into believing some of their content came from Amazon when it didn't? Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a big deal, but just own it already. Everyone from Amazon to their customers are playing a game to try and thwart each other's sense of "what should be allowed." There are no innocents or devils in this tête-à-tête. Just players wanting to win.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by nabsltd

Just because an e-book on a Kindle has metadata that matches some metadata at Amazon does not mean the book is "Amazon content".

The file was crafted specifically to trick the Kindle firmware into treating it like an Amazon supplied book. It does not seem reasonable to expect the Kindle firmware to know that it isn't.


Edit: Ninja'd

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by jhowell

The file was crafted specifically to trick the Kindle firmware into treating it like an Amazon supplied book. It does not seem reasonable to expect the Kindle firmware to know that it isn't.

IMO Amazon should never, ever mess with any content on users' devices without explicit action on the user's part (unless the item in question is a loan). Just as they managed for more than a decade before this current mess started. I don't much care whether it's intentional or a bug; it just shouldn't happen.

[DiapDealer]

And Amazon's customers should never, ever violate the ToS they agreed to. Yada, yada, yada. I don't much care whether it's harmless or not; it just shouldn't happen.

It's ridiculous to me that companies like Amazon and others are expected to adhere to some 1950s, universal, the-customer-is-always-right, uni-corny code of ethics, while their millions of customers are free to lie, cajole, and cheat their way into getting whatever they want--just so long as they can justify it with their own personal, philosophical, (and utterly non-relevant) rules they choose to do business by. Goose/Gander folks. Lying to Amazon that you live in another country so you can buy things that aren't available to you in yours isn't a hell of a lot different than the things Amazon does to you that make you angry. Same with removing DRM you said you wouldn't (regardless how harmless), or trying to get around behavior on devices that are running firmware determined not to let you make those end runs. You don't like the vegetables being served? Take yourself to another restaurant.