Just wait until they can figure out how to do this to physical items. How? Idfk bro what am I a rocket appliance?
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ftbd@feddit.org 2 months ago
It eludes me how people pay to ‘buy’ something that they cannot download in the first place. If I don’t have it as a file on my computer, I don’t own it. You wouldn’t pay to ‘buy’ a physical item if that meant only being able to look at it at the store, without the ability to take it home and do whatever you want with it.
Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Subscription lock
Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’d love to see them put that on the big black dildo I purchase each year. Try me!
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Lol
sorry vibrating/heating function locked until daily dues are paid.
stebator@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I agree. However, some dishonest services allow to download, but downloaded file is DRM. It is even worse.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Most services are forced to carry DRM only versions of Ebooks. But there are ways of legally removing the DRM - it’s a faff but doable. I buy epubs and don’t use Kindle (haven’t for a long time) as it’s much harder to remove the DRM and actually own your books.
But way I look at it - if I bought the Kindle version of a book, I can just download a DRM free version by sailing the seas. Fuck Amazon.
TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
It is very easy to remove DRM from kindle Books.
snakes_and_foxes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i keep getting mixed msgs on this (then again, I could be misinterpreting) but it sounds like you can still download the ebook to your kindle (it will be in .kfx format), but if you plug the kindle into the computer and copy the .kfx file to it, that you should then be able to import it into calibre on your computer and the kfx plugin should strip the DRM.
i haven’t tested this to be sure yet (my kindle library is already downloaded and i’ve just been buying ebooks from Kobo since the Amazon announcement)
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Convenience. Most people reads book once, if they finish it at all.
coolmojo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If buying is not owning…