on I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? Not how that content is delivered? 🤔😁 · c/humor · 2 pts · 257d@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin Where I come from, one of the digital book sellers went bankrupt and you've had to actively export your ebook licenses to another vendor, or else they would have been lost. Now that's what I call #enshittification
on I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? Not how that content is delivered? 🤔😁 · c/humor · 3 pts · 257d@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin btw, my ebook reader is completely offline and I only use it for books from #ProjectGutenberg and similar sources.
on I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? Not how that content is delivered? 🤔😁 · c/humor · 5 pts · 257d@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin It's not the ebooks that are bad, it's the prison of proprietory technological ecosytems which makes them bad. With Kindles, Amazon can even monitor your reading habits.
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Where I come from, one of the digital book sellers went bankrupt and you've had to actively export your ebook licenses to another vendor, or else they would have been lost. Now that's what I call #enshittification
@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin
btw, my ebook reader is completely offline and I only use it for books from #ProjectGutenberg and similar sources.
@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin
It's not the ebooks that are bad, it's the prison of proprietory technological ecosytems which makes them bad. With Kindles, Amazon can even monitor your reading habits.