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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:34PM (#23313214)
> There's a reason why companies put customers through all this garbage and the reason is because I can easily pirate these books.

There's a reason why customers pirate and the reason is because companies put customers through all this garbage.

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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by crimsonalucard1 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:10PM (#23314471)
Well it's a bit of a chicken and egg problem, who started it? Customers pirating or companies adding DRM to their products?

I would wager that there's a good number of people who pirate things for the simple reason of them not wanting to pay for anything. This is the catalyst.

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