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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
I use the Kindle (Kindle for PC) -- I am the anti-thesis but I can see the use for the consumer of the Kindle device -- a single purpose computer. People want to read books on a screen that can zoom and set background colors |
The kindle may be marketed as a "single purpose computer" but it actually is a "general purpose computer". Like I said (and like the video explains) it would be very hard and expensive to build a single purpose computer. That's why those companies build general purpose computers and load them with all kinds of software that restricts how you can use them.
People have been running different flavors of Linux (and if I'm not mistaken even NetBSD) on Amazon Kindles for 2 or 3 years now. If the Kindle was a true "single purpose computer" it would only be able to run the "kindle software" and no other software or operating system.