Re:DRM Broke Its Promise
by saagarjha on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @06:40PM
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> Professors also want the best for their students
Yes, but students need to buy textbooks. Is it really for "the best" if students have to worry about paying hundreds of dollars for the latest version of a textbook rather than getting 99% of the benefit from the PDF for edition n-1 they can find online?
> Plus its a petty injustice that only hurts people in aggregate, and it only hurts people who already can afford college in rich places, so no-one is really going to care about this to change it.
Yes, but students need to buy textbooks. Is it really for "the best" if students have to worry about paying hundreds of dollars for the latest version of a textbook rather than getting 99% of the benefit from the PDF for edition n-1 they can find online?
> Plus its a petty injustice that only hurts people in aggregate, and it only hurts people who already can afford college in rich places, so no-one is really going to care about this to change it.
No, no, and no :(