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> 1. Yarr, pirate it. Easier to consume things when you have few qualms as to how to obtain it. Don't some e-Book readers disallow you from reading things that
by cyphar 9y ago
> 1. Yarr, pirate it. Easier to consume things when you have few qualms as to how to obtain it.
Don't some e-Book readers disallow you from reading things that you didn't download from them (or they don't support epub)?
> 2. Nothing lasts forever. Lock-in only exists if you can't let go for the next thing that comes along.
But you also can't migrate your old library to the new one, which is the main problem with lock-in (the issue isn't that you physically cannot switch away, it's that you cannot switch away without losing things that you've bought into).
- CydeWeys 9y agoKindles don't have that restriction, and they're by far the biggest ebook reader family on the market. Yeah, they only support MOBI, but that's just a simple file format conversion that Calibre (FOSS, available on all major platforms) can easily handle.
- Steltek 9y ago> Don't some e-Book readers disallow you from reading things that you didn't download from them (or they don't support epub)? If theory 1 is true, then the readers without this user hostile approach will thrive. Obviously pirates don't care for DRM locked devices. > But you also can't migrate your old library to the new one, which is the main problem with lock-in (the issue isn't that you physically cannot switch away, it's that you cannot switch away without losing things that you've bought into). My point was mental, not physical. People might naturally just drop old stuff for new shiny things. If things appear plentiful compared to the old ways, this attitude is easier to adopt. Do you regret throwing away your coffee cup in the morning?
- jimjimjim 9y agodo you regret throwing away your family photos? your car? your friendships?
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