>> Besides, who wants a system that can delete the books you've paid for at
>> any time, for no defined reason?
>
> Get an ereader that is not a Kindle

Or perhaps just not get an e-reader at all? It's not like *I* want one 
anyway. ;-)

> One quite unintended benefit for me was the ability to read my news
> through it.

I guess that could be useful. Of course, *I* don't follow the news, so 
that wouldn't apply to me.

> You can have it once a day download all the news and save
> it in a nice format (like epub, which the Kindle is arrogant enough not
> to support - but you can try the mobi format).

It's not "arrogant". It's "product lock-in". It's a feature. ;-)

> Also, I just got sick of having so many physical books.

I'm one of those weird people who actually likes the look of a big 
weighty tome. I keep thinking about buying TAOCP, for example. (But then 
I realised that I wouldn't understand a word of it, so what's the point?)

On the other hand, I'd only have a few of the best books. I wouldn't 
want to fill my house with millions of books that I'll only read once. 
But then, I don't read enough for that to be a danger...

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