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Sometimes I consider myself lucky that most of the things I read, except for technical books, exist in the public domain. I'm really not comfortable that my li

Sometimes I consider myself lucky that most of the things I read, except for technical books, exist in the public domain. I'm really not comfortable that my license of reading could be revoked. Or if the company somehow died, or if the kindle program is terminated, or if the relationships with the publisher deteriorate, my content will vanish. I gained this anxiety when Netflix pulled away "House M.D.", which I binged watched until just before Season 8. Life became busy and I had to stop. When I came back, eagerly wanting to watch the last season, it was already gone from the catalogue. TV shows, I can forego; book collections I cannot. When one day I no longer reside in a small apartment, I'll probably go back to buying physical copies.

JackFr 6y ago
> I gained this anxiety when Netflix pulled away "House M.D." To be clear Netflix didn't pull House, NBC Universal pulled it from Netflix and sold it to Amazon Prime. It's likely it will get pulled from Amazon Prime and end up on Peacock.
- haltingproblem 6y ago
  Mea culpa for the nitpick, but in high probability Netflix was equally an part to this as they refused to pay what NBC Universal wanted.
parliament32 6y ago
I live in a small studio and mostly read physical books. Probably a 50/50 between borrowing from the library and buying physical copies, I have a few bookshelves. The entire concept of having a license to read a book (which, as we've seen, can be revoked randomly) is ridiculous once you stop and think about it.
- dividedbyzero 6y ago
  It is, but I hate lugging around big books that I can't properly read in a hammock, after dark, ... Being able to read on my phone or a featherlight e-reader is absolutely fantastic. Before that, easily more than half of my vacation luggage was books. I don't need to lug around a tome everywhere just so I can read on the subway. That's worth a lot to me.
- powersnail 6y ago
  I already have a decent collection of books and really doesn’t have storage for more. (My room room is barely more than 4x4 square meters) One of my dream is to have a old-school style study, with no computer, some giant book shelves and a music stand.

JackFr 6y ago

> I gained this anxiety when Netflix pulled away "House M.D." To be clear Netflix didn't pull House, NBC Universal pulled it from Netflix and sold it to Amazon Prime. It's likely it will get pulled from Amazon Prime and end up on Peacock.

haltingproblem 6y ago
Mea culpa for the nitpick, but in high probability Netflix was equally an part to this as they refused to pay what NBC Universal wanted.

parliament32 6y ago

I live in a small studio and mostly read physical books. Probably a 50/50 between borrowing from the library and buying physical copies, I have a few bookshelves. The entire concept of having a license to read a book (which, as we've seen, can be revoked randomly) is ridiculous once you stop and think about it.

dividedbyzero 6y ago
It is, but I hate lugging around big books that I can't properly read in a hammock, after dark, ... Being able to read on my phone or a featherlight e-reader is absolutely fantastic. Before that, easily more than half of my vacation luggage was books. I don't need to lug around a tome everywhere just so I can read on the subway. That's worth a lot to me.
powersnail 6y ago
I already have a decent collection of books and really doesn’t have storage for more. (My room room is barely more than 4x4 square meters) One of my dream is to have a old-school style study, with no computer, some giant book shelves and a music stand.