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Yes, I have been a Linux zealot once. I have been a "no DRM here" zealot once. I am now running Windows 10 + WSL and I begrudgingly accept if I want to support
by chx 6y ago
Yes, I have been a Linux zealot once. I have been a "no DRM here" zealot once.
I am now running Windows 10 + WSL and I begrudgingly accept if I want to support the authors while reading on an eReader I need to accept the DRM'd ebooks. I am getting too old to struggle with being a zealot. There are better things to spend my time on.
You can download the DeDRM tools from https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ linking to github, no crazy sites involved.
Ps.: Funnily enough, my device is actually called a Not-eReader. It's lovely because it doubles as an emergency HDMI monitor.
- akho 6y agoDRM-using publishers tend to pay authors less than non-DRM ones do, and certainly less than you can donate to them (I assume the full price of the book). So if your intention is to support authors, pirating and finding a way to pay the author in a different way is more efficient. Nobody does that, of course.
- chx 6y agoI have yet to find a way to pay authors directly. One way I can support the authors is pirating the book, reading it once, deleting it and then purchasing a physical copy and donating it to the library. The end result is the exact same as if I had read the physical copy and donated it: I read the book, I paid for one copy and it doesn't take space which I do not have.