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Not counting the kid's books, I have about 1600 books in the house, and every time I read another kindle-style invidious story about forced changes after purcha
by CapitalistCartr 6y ago
Not counting the kid's books, I have about 1600 books in the house, and every time I read another kindle-style invidious story about forced changes after purchase, I buy more paper. I actually prefer reading on a screen, and someday, it'll be safe to do so.
- saagarjha 6y agoDRM-free books should be a suitable replacement, no?
- gen220 6y agoThere's plenty of websites where you can download drm-free pdfs/mobis of most of the world's texts (at least I can attest for English, I'm less familiar with other languages). I also usually buy paper books. If you buy the book, you shouldn't feel particularly guilty for "acquiring" the pdf/mobi. :)
- oriesdan 6y agoDo you know wikisource? [1] It contains hundreds of thousands of public domain books that you can read online or download. You can even download the whole collection as a zimfile [2], readable with kiwix [3]. Obviously all without DRM/phone home spywares/forced updates/remote control. [1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page [2] https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages [3] https://www.kiwix.org/en/ https://www.kiwix.org/en/