The Kindle vs. The Fire Phone

By Joshua Kim. My brother Max sent me this piece by Dustin Curtis on why Amazon Has No Taste.
Dustin writes that:
"[A]s Amazon has released more and more pieces of junk over the past couple of years, I’ve lost faith. The Fire Phone, for example, is not just bad; it’s so terrible that it’s dishonest of Amazon to sell it to anyone. There are zero people on Earth who would be better off owning a Fire Phone instead of an Android phone. I’m not exaggerating–go find one to play with, and you’ll understand. The hardware is abysmal and the software is embarrassing. You would have to be delusional as a manager to launch it and tell people that it is a well-made phone.”
Why is the Fire Phone such a disaster, and most of the other Amazon devices like the Kindle Fire “pieces of junk”.  Dustin blames Amazon’s insularity. Read more...