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I am weary of corporations still trying to own everything they already sold me. Additionally sick of them trying to control speech and thought based on whatever
by pclowes 2y ago
I am weary of corporations still trying to own everything they already sold me. Additionally sick of them trying to control speech and thought based on whatever ludicrous corporate nanny culture is in vogue.
The people censoring books with “inappropriate language” have no understanding of precedent, history, or art. 1/100th as talented as the authors whose work they “update”. Their life’s greatest accomplishment is making something actually impressive slightly worse.
Coincidentally I was already looking at a Kobo Libra Color or a Supernote Nomad, this just sealed that decision.
- crest 2y agoI don't have a problem with changing the language in older works, but I have a massive problem with hiding the change or the previous versions. Sell a perpetual, transferable license to the work and make newer (aka "improved") versions of the document available after the sale. I will appreciate better layout, fixed typos, timestamps to match up with audio books etc, but if you try to whitewash history and erase notes taken on the old versions you deserve to drown in the shitstorm. Oh you just wanted to change the deal and turn a book sale into a prepaid rent you can cancel or modify to maximise profits? Get fucked Amazon! Such short sighted greed will drive readers to put in the effort and actively search out pirated content instead of paying exorbitant unearned margins to you. That's how you sustain a pirate community you damn fools.
- KPGv2 2y agoI switched to the Kobo store specifically because its DRM is so trivially breakable. They've gotten hundreds of dollars from me, and I switched to independent book sellers for physical copies of things. I order a few, and next time I'm in the suburb with my favorite indie store, I pick them up there.