In this case, it is not so much that it is of interest to the reader, but that is lends support to the argument. Or, better put, it doesn't disagree with the argument and has a peculiar form that would make sense according to the argument.

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On a completely unrelated side note, out of the multitudinous typos in the earlier drafts of this reply, i typed "ithe" in place of "with the". When i replaced the missing "w" and had "withe", i thought that was a pretty cool contraction.

Which part made you ask that? :)

So, be aware of your audience?

Zero, as they close up shop.

If you are too stupid to figure out that 'buy' = $ then perhaps you are too stupid to have a digital device in the first place.

What is next, a disclaimer at the car dealer "you have to buy gas and tires.. " so they cant be sued?

Lenovo is a Chinese maker.

And they are offering these at low prices -- in the developing world -- because nobody in the western world wants this Windows 8 crap.

It's not the size of your screen, it's how you use it.

But I guess that line is only said by people with small screens.

They have to firesale those devices in developing countries. In the US, the EPA isn't going to let them just bury them in a big hole in the ground. The Windows 8 software might leak into the soil causing a massive ecological disaster.

And Microsoft seems to just love, and perhaps even encourage this particular confusion. In fact their poor branding would seem to have been deliberately designed to cause confusion leading to people buying an RT device and then discovering that it doesn't really run Windows apps. It only runs the tiny library of Windows 8 RT apps.

Your own argument about western culture arriving slightly delayed in the developing world should have caused you to conclude that the developing would would think something like:
1. If westerners aren't buying this Windows 8 crap, then why are they sending it to us?
2. If westerners are using non-Windows tablets, then we should be too (but perhaps just a bit delayed)

Yes, it's hammer time. For Microsoft. And it's about time.

So, you ready to start a fork? :)

Of course there are already laws, but if the legislature didnt keep passing redundant laws like this, what else would they do?

And yes its about taxes, and squelching anonymity..

I would agree, but they tend to kill, cook and eat the goose.