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Most public libraries require an Android/iOS app for (controlled) digital lending.

• duozerk 3y ago
  OK but with libgen offering a much better, non DRM alternative that point is ultimately not an issue IMO
  • eterps 3y ago
    I agree in the case of HN readers, for grandma and grandpa, not so much. In addition to that, lending ebooks from the public library provides (at least some) income to the e-book authors and editors.
  • schroeding 3y ago
    Have to disagree on that for non-english books. libgen / z-lib aren't always amazing for those, in my experience. The local library is the other way around, almost no english content, but plenty in my native tongue. The library also has the current (clickbait-free) print versions of newspapers as e-papers, which the shadow libraries (at least those that I know) have not. They synergize very well, though. :)