• Corridor8031@lemmy.ml
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    16 hours ago

    It annoys me so much that they have convinced anyone that this stuff is for protecting against piracy of something like that, while this is just another tool for them to force you into using their platform and ecosystem. It does nothing against piracy.

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      13 minutes ago

      And to repurchase. Never forget that aspect of the scam. Sell but don’t actually sell, make the customer keep on paying.

    • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      9 hours ago

      Books were among the first things to be pirated and are still among the easiest because the amount of data is so small. People we’re doing that on dial up Internet.

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      Yeah you can easily pirate any book, or even just get then free at the library. This just fucks over the authors and people who want to buy their books legally. People don’t buy books because they have to, they want to.