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Monday, September 10, 2012

Amazon, In Switch, Will Let Kindle Users Pay To Opt Out Of Ads

Amazon.com, in an apparent switch in its pricing policy, said over the weekend that it will allow purchasers of its new Kindle Fire tablets to pay $15 extra to turn off advertisements that are built into the devices. 
The change came barely a day after Amazon on Thursday unveiled larger Kindle Fire tablets, priced from $159 to $599, to challenge Apple Inc's dominant iPad on price and additional digital content. 
Amazon had said the tablets would come with ads known as "special offers" that appear when screens are locked and in the corner of the home screen, helping keep prices low. But criticism of the company mounted in online forums after reports that the company would not allow buyers to pay to block the ads as it had done with earlier tablets. 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The ads in the first place and their offer later to collect more money are the best reasons to not buy one of these POS's in the first place.....

Alex said...

Nothing could beat an iPad

Anonymous said...

easily fixed with ad blockker for android

Anonymous said...

Just Root the tablet and install a new version of android.. Problem solved