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Title from the article. Interesting article, with some good words from our DRM-free favorite Cory Doctorow.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40754848

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago

If purchased, fuck you, mine not yours.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Oh noes

Anyways

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago

Illegal = against capital interests

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Sadly its not doable with Kindle and Linux anymore. I buy my ebooks since I only read indie but I will only do it from Itch or other DRM free sites.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's interesting when people are put to the choice. On the one hand they could purchase a book with DRM that they don't actually own. On the other hand, they could look for alternative means by which to obtain the book. And the more the publishers f*** with you, the more you might be inclined to never give them a penny.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

You can swear on the internet, your mom isn’t watching.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doing illegal things is the new black, haven’t you heard?

Also, how exactly would they catch anyone doing this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How can they catch people who have produced unlocked epubs? There are plenty of ways if they have your device at some future date.

I suppose the easiest predictable thing other than having your device seized when you're entering the country for example or when you get arrested for example is that back doors could be installed on Android or iPhone that look for unapproved media.

The technology is already good enough for that. It's only a question of implementation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'm too fucken old to read a book on a goddamn phone screen and my eco reader is too old to enshittify. Mwahahahahha i am untouchable

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

i'm glad that there is an(other) program for audible. i like this one better. it automatically converts to a file format i prefer and downloads my books immediately, which is convenient for preorders. besides that, i personally would like to not use the audible app for playback; this is just a personal preference though. i have an audiobook app that works just as well. if anything this would just be me eliminating an app from my devices than anything else.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have been listening to SO many audiobooks since getting Audiobookshelve ❤️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Libro.fm is cool too because you can download and just…own the files

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Always comes to mind. Why buy it if you need to crack the DRM someday and become a criminal? Just pirate it in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Or just unlock protected media outside from States.

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