Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments
by yoyonamite on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:12PM
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The auto-self-destruct DRM isn't the textbook, it's the mandatory online quizzes provided by the publishers that require an active login. If you don't pay ~$60+ for the login, which only lasts a semester, you can't take the quizzes. If you can't take the quizzes, you fail the class.
Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments
by jacobwilliamroy on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:15PM
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They make limited access "textbooks" too.
Of course many college kids are just kids fresh out of highschool with no financial skills or haggling skills so I guess I take back what I said about there not being enough dumb-dumbs to fuel a market for DRM "textbooks". People do still take out loans to finance their English major, after all.