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Reasons Not to Buy from Amazon, According to Richard Stallman

steve19 7y ago
One good reason for buying from Amazon: books and audiobook are trivially de-drmed.
simonblack 7y ago
Synchronicity. I personally came to the same conclusions a week or two ago. Amazon keeps trying to charge me more for less service provided.
mark_l_watson 7y ago
I agree with Richard, in almost every point he makes about Amazon. Still, I find myself using Amazon a lot for reasons of convenience. I do try to buy locally when possible, buy books directly from their source, and for digital content purchasing, at least split my business to Amazon, Google, and Apple. It is wanting to do the right thing vs. sometimes saving money and also more convenience.
- TrinaryWorksToo 7y ago
  Have you tried ebooks.com ?
- orangetang 7y ago
  Have you been to your local library lately? I was spurred to sign up from a post I saw on here, and it’s actually surprising how good the quality of content is. Plus I save a ton of money on purchasing books AND support the community. Definitely check it out if you haven’t!
  - mark_l_watson 7y ago
    Indeed I do use my local library. I mostly borrow eBooks, and sometimes physical books and rarely DVDs. I also use my library to escape my home office for a different place to put my head down and work.
  - jborichevskiy 7y ago
    For anyone unfamiliar with borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from U.S. libraries which use Libby (aka Overdrive) this is a wonderful blog post explaining how to get started. It's even easier than it looks and has saved me hundreds of dollars at this point - I highly recommend it! https://www.charlieharrington.com/borrowing-library-books-for-your-kindle https://www.charlieharrington.com/borrowing-library-books-fo...
boojums 7y ago
I get that Stallman wants to make a point, but in my opinion calling the Kindle a Swindle harms his credibility in the same way that using Micro$oft does.
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Proven 7y ago
The number of comments shows nobody cares.

One good reason for buying from Amazon: books and audiobook are trivially de-drmed.

Synchronicity. I personally came to the same conclusions a week or two ago. Amazon keeps trying to charge me more for less service provided.

mark_l_watson 7y ago

I agree with Richard, in almost every point he makes about Amazon. Still, I find myself using Amazon a lot for reasons of convenience. I do try to buy locally when possible, buy books directly from their source, and for digital content purchasing, at least split my business to Amazon, Google, and Apple. It is wanting to do the right thing vs. sometimes saving money and also more convenience.

TrinaryWorksToo 7y ago
Have you tried ebooks.com ?
orangetang 7y ago
Have you been to your local library lately? I was spurred to sign up from a post I saw on here, and it’s actually surprising how good the quality of content is. Plus I save a ton of money on purchasing books AND support the community. Definitely check it out if you haven’t!
- mark_l_watson 7y ago
  Indeed I do use my local library. I mostly borrow eBooks, and sometimes physical books and rarely DVDs. I also use my library to escape my home office for a different place to put my head down and work.
- jborichevskiy 7y ago
  For anyone unfamiliar with borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from U.S. libraries which use Libby (aka Overdrive) this is a wonderful blog post explaining how to get started. It's even easier than it looks and has saved me hundreds of dollars at this point - I highly recommend it! https://www.charlieharrington.com/borrowing-library-books-for-your-kindle https://www.charlieharrington.com/borrowing-library-books-fo...

boojums 7y ago

I get that Stallman wants to make a point, but in my opinion calling the Kindle a Swindle harms his credibility in the same way that using Micro$oft does.

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Proven 7y ago

The number of comments shows nobody cares.