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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by bnchrch on Sunday December 09, 2018 @10:48PM (#18645038)
> You don't own the book itself though,

To be blunt: Who really cares?

I care that I can read it. After I have I don't see further use for the ownership.

Others can claim they can revoke my access before the read event occurs but the chance of that is so low that I imagine it rounds to 0%.

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Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? by Declanomous on Sunday December 09, 2018 @10:59PM (#18645081)
I mean if I'm only going to read a book once I'm not going to spend $10 on it. The only books I buy are books I'd like to own so I can read them again in the future. If I'm paying $10 to read a book once that basically makes Amazon into a really shitty library that also sells knockoff goods and forces their employees to work in sweatshop like conditions.
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