this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
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In the last few years, people have been pointing out an emergent benefit of ink on dead tree books: there are no banner ads, no tracking cookies, no social media integration, no gamification, no information about your reading habits sent to Google's data mines. When you buy a physical book, you own it, and nothing you do with it can be tracked, monetized, advertised, or subscriptionized.
And I bet some tech bro heard that and said "Hold my beer".
Biggest reason I absolutely LOVE my manga collection. No way an advertiser can insert their bullshit after I've purchased a physical volume or collection.
And my wank mags. Try and make me verify my age to look at pictures of boobies will you?!
Haha losers, I self host my digital library!
And that's the problem with books - from a tech bros perspective. Once bought, books can't be monetized any further. They can even be shared at no cost. If libraries weren't a thing already, their introduction today wouldn't be possible.
I have a $25 shit tablet from Amazon and pirate epubs. They're also backed up a few ways on my network and offsite.
That’s why i dislike reading on kindle. The comfort still outweighs the cons, but when it gives me “estimated reading times” my skin crawls