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Re:Zynga shuts down FarmVille after 11 years by Marqin on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:22AM (#25604305)
Why not? When you buy ebooks you can download the PDF and even print it for yourself as backup.
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Re:Zynga shuts down FarmVille after 11 years by ComputerGuru on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:41AM (#25604445)
That depends very much on where you buy your ebooks.
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Re:Zynga shuts down FarmVille after 11 years by 2Gkashmiri on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:30AM (#25604366)
Oh. Why not offer non DRM formats to begin with because I am paying equal to or more than the paperback price of a book and not some bullshit license and shit. OP is saying he/she refuses to accept the whole renting/licensing shenanigans in ebooks. If Apple can sell you a non DRM mp3 for $.99 a pop, why the fuck does it need DRM for an eBook. ?

Your only option is to either buy a paperback or pirate and downloading on kindle and then finding a PDF and then printing it should not happen to a paying customer.

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Re:Zynga shuts down FarmVille after 11 years by ineedasername on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:31PM (#25605391)
DRM is often the choice of the publisher, not the retailer. (Amazon makes it very difficult to get a DRM-free version though, even when the publisher has authorized it)
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