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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by mkr-hn on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:47AM (#23312606)
I remember this too, but Google is completely useless for finding it.
Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by RandomBacon on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:20PM (#23313045)
I remember the story somewhat, so I found it after searching for 'author writing series almost cancels because piracy uploads incomplete books instead'

I found the answer and posted in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23312970