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> We wouldn't find this acceptable with eBooks You sure about that? I mean yeah, "we" as in at least you and I, but the general public... I still enjoy https:/
by Jach 7y ago
> We wouldn't find this acceptable with eBooks
You sure about that? I mean yeah, "we" as in at least you and I, but the general public... I still enjoy https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html as prophetic fiction and occasionally remember that around 10 years ago Amazon in reality remotely deleted copies of Orwell's 1984 from kindle devices when Amazon learned that version of the book was put on their kindle store without authorization. (But at least on the issue here Amazon does better, it's not hard to load your own mobis or convert things to mobi format. I suspect the kindle would still be very popular without such ease though.)
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago> You sure about that? I mean yeah, "we" as in at least you and I, but the general public... ...no, sadly I'm not sure. The point I wanted to make is that banning certain apps is no better than banning certain books. I originally wanted to write something like "We wouldn't be okay if certain books were banned on certain brands of bookshelves", precisely for the reason you mention—but I decided the comparison would be too weird. That said, I don't think it's a coincidence that every e-reader (as far as I'm aware?) allows sideloading, including the Kindle line, which Amazon sells at a loss. The optics of any company "banning books" would just be too poor. I wish the optics on "banning software" were equally poor.