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		non-entity on July 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Being Bored Is Good It's still crazy to me the paperwhites are more expensive than Amazon's Fire Tablets

beat on July 10, 2019 | [–]

I imagine most of the cost is in that wonderful screen. Reading on a paperwhite is a revelation - the next best thing to an actual book, and better than many books.

bduerst on July 8, 2019 | [–]

Demand, mostly, but I agree - it's especially expensive since it's a platform device that's exclusively locked to their marketplace.

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