• LaggyKar@programming.dev
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    12 hours ago

    The problem is some authors signing exclusivity deal with Amazon, which means breaking the DRM and converting it is the only way to read it on a different e-reader.

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        10 hours ago

        This. All of these problems are solved by people not giving money. But often it seems difficult for people to actually stand behind principle when the time comes – convenience is a helluva drug.

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      11 hours ago

      The problem is some authors signing exclusivity deal with Amazon

      Well then those authors can go straight to corpo-sellout hell and die a painful death, I’d rather never read a book again than buy from amazon.