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The deal with Amazon is you pay a fixed monthly subscription fee to read an umlimited amount of crap on your Kindle (RMS calls that device a Swindle). So if yo
by throwaway81523 2y ago
The deal with Amazon is you pay a fixed monthly subscription fee to read an umlimited amount of crap on your Kindle (RMS calls that device a Swindle). So if you have some favorite authors or get recommendations from a subreddit or something, you can keep your reading appetite satiated without buying individual titles. Particularly, that lets you DNF (do not finish) a work without incurring expense, if you read a few pages and decide not to continue.
The plan involved is called Kindle Unlimited and its terms for authors are quite onerous imho, but monopolies etc.
- KerrAvon 2y agoIf anyone needs an alternative: the current Kobo lineup is great. You can buy ebooks directly through the Kobo store, and they work well. And if you want to tinker with the OS, you can.
- Cpoll 2y ago> (RMS calls that device a Swindle) That's kind of a non-sequitur though; he's not calling it that because the subscription sucks.