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I have 300+ books purchased and read on iOS Kindle, after buying Neal Stephenson's latest recently I discovered it has an obnoxious popover Audible ad on the pa

I have 300+ books purchased and read on iOS Kindle, after buying Neal Stephenson's latest recently I discovered it has an obnoxious popover Audible ad on the page browse screen which must be re-dismissed each time you open the book. I was shocked how quickly it totally ruined the experience of reading a book. I haven't read more than about 10 pages on Kindle since, and I can't bear to buy another kindle book knowing this could happen at any time. It has been a couple weeks, it is probable at this point I will never read another book on Kindle (the only device I care about is iOS). I had sort of the opposite reaction, if there is some other entity mediating my experience with the text, I genuinely don't care what happens to my "library". Luckily these are mass produced and distributed books that are essentially immutable, so it isn't like I've lost anything that isn't available elsewhere.

LeonM 7y ago
Wait... you bought the book and still got ads? That's unacceptable. Ask for a full refund and never ever buy anything from that company again.
- thelazydogsback 7y ago
  You can now pay $200/mo for cable and still be forced to watch un-skippable ads for on-demand programming.
  - grumpy-cowboy 7y ago
    You _rent_ cable service. He _bought_ a book. Not the same thing.
    - effingwewt 7y ago
      Actually he 'rented' the book as well. Some years ago companies all found they could use the TOS against us for digital purchases. His 'purchase' was actually a license to view X content on Y devices Z times. This enrages me as they charge us money for a virtual good which as soon as we purchase is considered worthless by the selling company. They can ban you- effectively closing your account and blocking your access to your 'purchases', or they can, as discussed here, decide to remove your purchase for 'insert_reason' without making you whole. This incentivizes companies toward hostile consumer attitudes in the name of profit.
- PowerfulWizard 7y ago
  Yeah, I mean for context this is what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/Ngcsa3q https://imgur.com/a/Ngcsa3q It isn't uncommon for books to promote other books before/after the content, but something about having it in the page movement is so distracting. And it is slow to load in, meanwhile it is just a big white square blocking the book title with an animated spinner. There isn't any company I would "trust" to provide an uniformly excellent experience so I don't really hold it against Amazon in toto, I still think their ability to do the long tail of retail is excellent. I didn't refund the book because I still borrowed it and read it, and I feel that the author and publisher still deserve their share since they've done nothing wrong.

LeonM 7y ago

Wait... you bought the book and still got ads? That's unacceptable. Ask for a full refund and never ever buy anything from that company again.

thelazydogsback 7y ago
You can now pay $200/mo for cable and still be forced to watch un-skippable ads for on-demand programming.
- grumpy-cowboy 7y ago
  You _rent_ cable service. He _bought_ a book. Not the same thing.
  - effingwewt 7y ago
    Actually he 'rented' the book as well. Some years ago companies all found they could use the TOS against us for digital purchases. His 'purchase' was actually a license to view X content on Y devices Z times. This enrages me as they charge us money for a virtual good which as soon as we purchase is considered worthless by the selling company. They can ban you- effectively closing your account and blocking your access to your 'purchases', or they can, as discussed here, decide to remove your purchase for 'insert_reason' without making you whole. This incentivizes companies toward hostile consumer attitudes in the name of profit.
PowerfulWizard 7y ago
Yeah, I mean for context this is what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/Ngcsa3q https://imgur.com/a/Ngcsa3q It isn't uncommon for books to promote other books before/after the content, but something about having it in the page movement is so distracting. And it is slow to load in, meanwhile it is just a big white square blocking the book title with an animated spinner. There isn't any company I would "trust" to provide an uniformly excellent experience so I don't really hold it against Amazon in toto, I still think their ability to do the long tail of retail is excellent. I didn't refund the book because I still borrowed it and read it, and I feel that the author and publisher still deserve their share since they've done nothing wrong.