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Fine, I'll bait. How are they assholes? If I buy a book[0], I expect to be able to read it as such, and not read a re-edition of it. [0] Although I understand
by ajot 4y ago
Fine, I'll bait. How are they assholes? If I buy a book[0], I expect to be able to read it as such, and not read a re-edition of it.
[0] Although I understand that in most ebook stores, you're buying a license to the book, and not the book itself. This may be true and legally sound, but as an end consumer it still bothers me.
- kelnos 4y agoI think the person you're replying to was saying that the book publishers were assholes for changing the books and automatically updating existing customer copies. Not that the article author is an asshole for being upset about this practice. (I agree that the wording of their comment is somewhat ambiguous.)
- hodgesrm 4y agoYour interpretation correct. It made me really mad, and I didn't write clearly. My comment was definitely below average for HN.