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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 37 points 3 days ago (18 children)

Tangent, but I have had an incredibly poor experience getting a library eBook onto a kindle. Libby gives out time restricted epubs - fair enough, I am actually borrowing the book, that makes sense. Kindle, despite being the "goto" ereader, and epubs being a standard format, cannot read them.

So, despite wanting to legitimately borrow and read the book, instead I am borrowing and DeDRM'ing it (which is its own convoluted process).

Why is Amazon pushing so hard for piracy? Its one thing to make their store easier to use, but breaking all other valid use cases just leaves the one remaining option...

[–] goldenbug@fedia.io 22 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I have a kobo ereader, it connects to my local library through the overdrive system and I am soooo happy.

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[–] berty@feddit.org 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's what they want. If you don't agree don't get a kindle.

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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Amazon can go suck a fuck!

[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

How exactly does one suck a fuck?

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Remember to pay your local pirate.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 7 points 2 days ago

My kindle is from 2011, got it for free from someone getting rid of it. It's old and dumb as shit and Amazon fortunately doesn't care about it anymore.

Since I got it, it never had an Amazon DRM-ed e-book loaded on it. I intend to keep it that way.

[–] Redfugee@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

My kindle only knows about library books.

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Ok look an article from 1997 which predicted this very thing

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So happy I just exported my collection last week and have closed forever my Amazon account the same day.

I must say, escaping Amazon is the significant action I took in my life that was completely inconsequent on my daily living.

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[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago
[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago (24 children)

There are so many alternative ereaders that are better than the kindle, that I don't get why people buy it.

I once borrowed one from a friend and it didn't even let me organize media in directories from a pc. The directory structure got all messed up and it was a pain to follow my study sequence. Any cheap Chinese ereader would allow that.

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