Re:Amazon leaks Kindle Unlimited
by MadManE on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @03:50PM
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As much as we would like it to not be true, in the real world free services attract the lowest financial class of people. Libraries are awesome, and I spent a significant portion of my life in them, but as soon as I could afford to not use them, I quit going to them.
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Depends if the "real world" is the US, Sweden or, for example, Bulgaria.
In the US, this might be the case. In Sweden, mostly you'll find kids, moms and people studying (depending on the city, if it has a university or not). A very small subset is there for computer access, but it's certainly not a majority.
In Bulgaria, no one seems to go to the library. They check your ID when you go in and it's not really a place to hang out.
Libraries aren't the same everywhere.
Re:Amazon leaks Kindle Unlimited
by richdougherty on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @04:56PM
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The libraries in my city just reflect the people in the community around them. In poorer areas, they are mostly poorer people, in the city centre there are mostly students and workers, in richer areas there are lots of middle class families and older folks.