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by j_maffe 3y ago
Yeah same but as the article states, there are extra terms in the agreement such as a maximum of 26 loans and a two-year renewal, whichever comes first. And the ebook is usually 4 times more expensive than the physical one just for that per
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by j_maffe 3y ago
I'm not proposing an alternative mechanism. I think people who can comfortably afford to pay the asked price for a book should of course do just that. On the other hand, for the billions of those who do not have that privilege, I whole
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by j_maffe 3y ago
I'm not sure we're on the same page. How do you think libraries loan out ebooks, currently? DRM for this exact functionality is already implemented by most publishers
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The detriment to society due to the lack of proper access of the lower class to knowledge is too much to take this lightly
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Unfortunately many are misled to believe that pirating books published by cartels is unethical.
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by j_maffe 3y ago
If you're going to nitpick on this, fine... some research can be done on the number of uses a book can go through before it wears out and apply that to the e-book. It's certainly more than 26 and absolutely more than 2 years (how
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by j_maffe 3y ago
No you wouldn't. It's not about DRM, it's about the contractual agreements between libraries and publishers. They already track the number of times it's borrowed and for how long. OP is suggesting that it should be dealt
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As someone from Africa who's currently studying in Germany, it greatly saddens me that you view the situation this way. I hope you gain a better perspective on the issue and all the suffering there.
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by j_maffe 3y ago
There's a lot of options for self-hostable wikis if that's what you're looking for. Decentralized has been done as well here: https://ipfs.kiwix.org/
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Care to share details/sources for this claim? I haven't experienced any of this toxicity while editing there myself.
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I've edited on Wikipedia for several years and everyone I've interacted with has been nothing more than helpful. Sure, they don't shy away from pointing out the flaws in something I wrote. But I appreciate that level of hones
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I disagree but I understand where you're coming from. There's an aspect of being an idealist vs being a realist in the final result. Perhaps some sort of balanced strategy is the way to go. Just definitely don't give leeway f
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by j_maffe 3y ago
When they're deliberately coordinated by foreign states with malicious intent? When the demands become more and more extreme towards the opposing side?
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by j_maffe 3y ago
So if China bans all American literature and news sources, the US should do the same? If China deports all Chinese Americans from their country, should the US do the same?
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Yes, Epic "led". So what? Of course the one in the favorable position would like to minimize talk about anything that would disrupt the position.
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Their stock took a major hit.
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Apple is losing control though. No company should have this level of control over a market.
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All sides are marketing and trying to maintain an image. It's up to you to figure out what's actually happening without bias.
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by j_maffe 3y ago
With all due respect, legislature will be passed whether you care about it or not and irrespective of what percentage of the population even knows what a lightning charger is or isn't. Besides the proprietary equipment, it was causing
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It allows people to say no and maintain their private data. Privacy might be meaningless to you but it's important for a lot of people and if browsing will be slightly more annoying to use due to malicious compliance by some websites,
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by j_maffe 3y ago
It's a very direct way of saying "your commission is too expensive." Which it is.
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I've had my parents using Android and Windows for years and never once did they install malware. A couple of viruses on Windows accumulated after many years sure but none on Android. I'm not sure where people are getting this logi
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by j_maffe 3y ago
Do you have any sources from Apple for this before the EU regulation discussion started? Could you Sounds like a "yeah we always wanted to do this anyway we swear we were gonna stop selling proprietary chargers soon".
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Android has had this option for years with plenty of tech-illeterate people using it wither very little issues. It already exists why are we hypothesizing?
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I think you might need to understand what a monopoly means and how insanely expensive it is to compete with one.
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GP just sees the world with what comes up in front of them. They see popups and they think that's what GDPR is.
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This is simply wrong on the account that Android exists and plenty of tech-illeterate people use it with very little issues. Most of my extended family uses Android and they don't even know what an apk is.
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Excellent book. It really gave me such an interesting vision of how to see the mechanics of the world.
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The article shows that the average predicted likelihood is frequently illogical. That is not zero-information.
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And the rise of photoshop use had created a shift in how we perceive images as a proof of events. It had also changed people's concerns about the privacy of personal pictures exactly because of this concern. This tech takes it to the n

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