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Whatever happened to cheap eReaders? – Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi)
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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 0 points 8 months ago

The overpriced nature of subscription services is not a good reason to justify paying more for relatively inexpensive hardware. The fact that you can buy new ereaders for $100 suggests that the $400 models are vastly overpriced. Companies are feature-creeping them so they can increase the price.