Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore
by koheripbal on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:24AM
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Yeah, I have a problem that directly contradicts the article content - even if it's the authors original title.
Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore
by kayodelycaon on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @09:04AM
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Unless I missed something, the author states they never had issues with other services but they don’t say they intend to keep buying ebooks despite one bad experience.
One would hope the author is exaggerating but I have seen a number of people in my life be this irrational. I’m inclined to take the title as is given any lack of evidence to the contrary.
"the author states they never had issues with other service"
True, but then the author also says "So I bought it. For the first time in my life, I bought an ebook".
So I can't tell what is going on.
Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore
by salamanderman on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:37AM
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I thought the other sites are giving away books that either had no DRM or the DRM has been broken, repositories of bootleg ebooks. I'm also confused.
The headline says that he won’t ever buy ebooks, then lists good places to buy ebooks. I guess he is exaggerating for effect?
But it’s true, nobody should accept DRM. Here is the statement of the publisher who sells my gnuplot book:
“We believe that when you buy a book, it belongs to you. That’s why we use no ‘digital rights management’ or anything else that interferes with your rights. You can make as many personal backups as you want, and use the book on any number of your own devices. If you lose your files, you can just download them again, forever.”