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[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 53 points 10 months ago

Most Publishers in any Industry are a cancer on society. Cramming DRM in where they can while scalping both customers and creators whilst gaslighting both into believing continuing to shovel money to their overpriced services is in their best interest.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 15 points 10 months ago

The worst development of all has been the „buy but dont own“ model. If I buy anything, I own it. It’s symple, reliable and permanent. Obviously, if I own something, I can sell it. If someone owns a video game, music or a movie, they can sell it. This perverted idea of being able to tell a customer what to do with their bought stuff needs to go.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I’m sorry when you say most, you mean all right? Right??

[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I say most because if there is even a single one doing what they are supposed to do then saying "all" would be wrong and I am aware of at least one offering drm free ebooks (unless you consider an embedded username in the epub file drm) at reasonable prices while (as far as I am aware) not fucking over the authors

this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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