Rent seeking? Taking books off the market is straight power over the supply of knowledge. Having to learn everything the hard way, because the good books on you

Rent seeking? Taking books off the market is straight power over the supply of knowledge. Having to learn everything the hard way, because the good books on your topic of choice have been nerfed and/or black-holed, is a nightmare that makes rent seeking look tame. You pop off the book supply and disconnect russian piracy websites and suddenly we only know what Amazon editors, pricey Scientific journals and extended university courses, allow us to know. The internet is excellent for technical knowledge around STEM subjects, primarily computing... but it routinely deletes valuable information from all media types. The popular http sites are a curated garden. Half of all youtube videos from 2015 onward, have been deleted. I don't really care about paying $20/month to access all the rare and good books. Keeping it on the map is more valuable than rent-seeking.