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> Amazon have said that in the future if this happens again they will not remove the books from customer devices. This isn't exactly comforting since they've s
by autoexec 4y ago
> Amazon have said that in the future if this happens again they will not remove the books from customer devices.
This isn't exactly comforting since they've since done things just as abusive, like remoting into people's devices and replacing their purchased products with different products.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/03/04/0521244/roald-dahl-ebooks-reportedly-censored-remotely https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/03/04/0521244/roald-dahl-e...
- Crosseye_Jack 4y agoI wouldn't word it as harshly as "remoting into customers devices" simply because we are used to auto updates, The publisher updated the title on the store, kindles then downloaded the updated title. If an app dev did the same, completely rework their app into a completely new product and allow auto update replace the app installed on users devices, would you lay the blame on Google/Apple or on the publisher? IMO its not a black and white case and I would say neither party are completely in the clear, more an assignment of blame, but I would put more blame on the publisher than on Amazon, but that doesn't mean Amazon are in the clear either. Amazon should have either a) required the publisher to issue the new book under a new ASIN b) give the owner of the book the ability to choose which revision they would like to read.