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So for $25 less, they get to display advertisements for (presumably) the lifetime of the device? No thank you, that's a terrible deal!

Though the hacker in me wonders how long it would take someone to remove/disable the ads. Modified firmware, maybe?

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Dealing with ads seems like a small price to pay for someone who could truly benefit from the device and not otherwise own one, but if you can afford $114 for an e-reader, you can probably afford $139. If it was free (and once they get enough sponsors, perhaps it will be), it could potentially benefit a great number of people and at that price, it's hard to argue with it (even if you and I would not personally want to trade $139 in return for advertising).

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