@abgemacht: Just give up. Its like have an argument with a wall. Its nauseating how right Putin is about everything in the world. I wonder how many PhDs he has...

He will make your arguments for you. It doesn't matter what you actually say, he will just twist your words so that it fits with some bullshit stock response he has.

You're done?
Did Putin say he's done?
...
He's done?

NO!

:O

No, please, please don't go, Pjutin...please, tell us again how you're always right about everything ever on any suject whatsoever and how we're all wrong, please, enlighten us, you clearly have all the answers...

Ladies and Gents, our way is clear:

I hereby found The First Church of Putin33!

@Putin

It was wrong of you to jump from Apple/Amazon/Netflix to Phone/ISP/Cable Providers.

The former are content/device providers. The later control infrastructure. There is a huge difference between those two types of companies and my view of them is different.

Yeah, thanks Tom. I get it. You're all so very calm, rational, humble, and respectful. You never think you're right. You never get sharp in your tone. You never follow arguments to their logical conclusions in order to make a point. You're just all nice, warm fuzzy teddy bears all the time. And it'd all be so wonderful if it was Tom bombadil & Abgemacht setting the tone for the rest of us, nobody would ever flip out about a comment like "hey electronic readers will probably lead to increased advertisements" ever again.

GFY. Seriously. The holier-than-thou attitude certain elements project here on a daily basis when it comes to tonality is insufferable. Especially because of the staggering cognitive dissonance which is required to engage in it.

"There is a huge difference between those two types of companies and my view of them is different."

Ok.

"No, please, please don't go, Pjutin...please, tell us again how you're always right about everything ever on any suject whatsoever and how we're all wrong, please, enlighten us, you clearly have all the answers...

Ladies and Gents, our way is clear:"

Thanks for that kiss goodbye Obi. I'll always remember you for being a self-proclaimed "elitist" of the Nietzschean/Platonic variety who thinks most of the population is too stupid to govern themselves but still manages to routinely berate others for being too imperious, without skipping a beat.

Today is my first day with my kindle fire and going to play now a match of diplomacy. Great so far

josepr, are you able to scroll through in-game messages?

I just hate to think how confusing the headlines are going to be if and when these things start spontaneously combusting due to bad design....

Putin does have a point. Monopolies can develop and when they do the consumer loses. Currently Amazon books for example can only be read on Kindles. It would be better for consumers in the long run if the book sellers and e-read manufacturers did not have this sort of relationship. Ideally you should be able to buy whichever e-reader you want and download from whichever publisher you like.
But I think we should wait to see if the market comes up with this before forcing Amazon to change its practice. It's still early days.