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I'm seeing a lot of anti-Audible comments here. I'm not particularly pro-Amazon, but I've been an Audible subscriber since 2016, and my take is, if you don't li
by egonschiele 8y ago
I'm seeing a lot of anti-Audible comments here. I'm not particularly pro-Amazon, but I've been an Audible subscriber since 2016, and my take is, if you don't like Audible, go elsewhere! There are so many other options, including Apple.
This isn't even the shittiest thing Audible does! It will delete audiobooks from your library and not even tell you.
Despite all that I'm a loyal audible member. I'm on the 24 credits/yr plan, and that's the best deal for audiobooks I have seen. Audible customer service is awesome, and it is easy to return any book you don't like. I don't love the credit model either, but you're basically choosing between expensive books on apple or cheap + deal w the credits on audible. To take an extreme example, I recently listened to The Path to Power which cost me $9 on audible[1]. It would have been $34.99 on itunes[2].
It seems like HN wants the best of both worlds, i.e. $9 per audiobook and no dealing with credits. But that's just not an option.
[1] https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Path-to-Power-Audiobook/B00GS3VI0Y?qid=1552263391&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=7J42B3HQE0FAX1G8QTGG& https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Path-to-Power-Audiobook/B00GS...
[2] https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-path-to-power-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-unabridged/id773104242 https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-path-to-power-the-...
- xfitm3 8y agoCan you elaborate on "It will delete audiobooks from your library and not even tell you."? How can this be detected?
- egonschiele 8y agoUnsure. Here's one previous discussion on reddit, there have been more https://www.reddit.com/r/audible/comments/8usqxk/anyone_have_a_list_of_the_books_audible_has/ https://www.reddit.com/r/audible/comments/8usqxk/anyone_have...