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Re:Ebooks Purchased from Microsoft Deleted April 2019 as DRM... by tssva on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:56PM (#20346771)
Most people are probably excited to be getting refunded for books they have already read.
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Re:Ebooks Purchased from Microsoft Deleted April 2019 as DRM... by scardine on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:08PM (#20346889)
Probably the refund does not account for inflation, though.

500 dollars today may not have the same purchase power of 500 dollars a few years ago.

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Re:Ebooks Purchased from Microsoft Deleted April 2019 as DRM... by B_Throwaway on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @06:22PM (#20349524)
Yes, I am always disappointed when the unexpected refunds for things I considered worthless don't account for inflation.
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Re:Ebooks Purchased from Microsoft Deleted April 2019 as DRM... by HarryHirsch on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:03PM (#20346853)
That's not the point of a personal library.
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Re:Ebooks Purchased from Microsoft Deleted April 2019 as DRM... by bubblewrap on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:24PM (#20347067)
What if they didn't care about building a personal library, but only wanted to read a couple of good books?

Would you say going to the cinema is also a waste, because you can not keep the movie you watched?

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