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Kindle books were actually pretty good, back when they could reliably be liberated. Unfortunately, that's no longer the case. In general, I think that's also a
by throwanem 6y ago
Kindle books were actually pretty good, back when they could reliably be liberated. Unfortunately, that's no longer the case.
In general, I think that's also a point we can draw from the cyberpunk genre, or maybe from Harry Harrison's old-school prefiguration of it in the Stainless Steel Rat series - the eponymous creature being one well suited to thrive "within the walls" of a society increasingly sclerotized with technocratic bureaucracy, but perhaps equally suited to a life of gnawing through the circumscriptions imposed by competing technofeudalist fiefdoms.
- ultrabenos 6y agoOff-topic, but legitimately purchased Kindle ebooks can still be quickly and easily liberated for the purposes of DRM-free personal backups of owned content. I won't comment on whether Amazon find this acceptable, or if it is legal in any given jurisdiction, but it is definitely possible.
- anvandare 6y agoThankfully it will (probably) never get as bad as Stallman described it[1], but you never know. [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
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