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A comment on Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game. Parent comment

Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game by BaseballPhysics on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @09:59PM (#36980446)
And guess what audible exclusivity means: no libraries.

Audible is literally locking away culture from the public and it's a god damned disgrace.

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Re:Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game by taeric on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:23PM (#36980615)
This is largely a point I can fully get behind. All streaming services with their "exclusives" are doing this, though. :( It is very frustrating.

Disney famously has their "vault" that basically means you can only get physical copies when they deem it worthy to resell something. Relevant for libraries as they are bound by the same limitations, at that point.

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