Comment on “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for” Donald Trump said

• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The cool professors used to make a “study guide” especially if it was their own book that they’d give out for free and told everyone to return the books

  It’s been a minute, so not sure if it’s a thing still.

  But yeah. Unregulated capitalism pretty much always ends this way.

  You have to buy the book, so they pump out new editions constantly and charge insane prices. It’s a captive market

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• baronvonj@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And a lot of professors write their own text book.

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the good ones ensure older verisons are still valid for their course work and only do annual editions because they’re contractually obligated by their publisher.

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  • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At least those professors seem to either price their books reasonably or readily pirate it themselves to distribute.

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably once they realize how little they get compared to the book price.

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