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this can’t be real

i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

I do agree that the amount of surveillance that comes with all internet enabled devices is awful and dystopian but this is Not the same

kihyun is going to be discharged from the military in 3 days… can’t wait

3 and 5 are… interesting choices

Absolutely! That’s why I think Amazon’s new policy is going to be counterproductive. Not letting people access the files of books they bought is not the way to go, and it will also affect them financially bc people will buy them elsewhere. But well, Amazon obviously doesn’t care about that

Okay. I do want to clarify that, as long as someone is able, they should 100% support artists they like, but that is sadly not the reality for everyone

yeah absolutely i’m all for being able to sideload books, i was suggesting that maybe that person thought that by desabling sideloading amazon would prevent piracy

culture is unrealistic, i’m sorry.

i do think that those who can should support artists/writers but i also strongly believe that people without disposable income deserve to enjoy things and educate themselves, even if that involves pirating. sue me

and i’m going to say something that may be controversial, but if pirating is what it takes for someone to educate themselves and read more, then so be it.

lots of books are simply not available physically in many countries + most ebooks are NOT cheap at all. expecting people to simply not access +

they are, objectively, making things worse.

people will be more inclined to pirate & they will also stay away from kindles and use alternative e-readers.

i’d like to believe the person thought amazon would disable sideloading books(?) instead of disabling access to the files of purchased ones

I cannot believe i actually got a reply today about "glad amazon is finally doing something about piracy."

No this is not going to keep a damn thing off pirate sites, just irritate the entire ebook using public and make us reluctant to buy ebooks.

like i wanted to subscribe to jake’s so bad

why tf does enha not have weverse dm

is this real

saying sh is gayer than sn is.. an interesting take

like they’re basically all from when twt was banned on brazil and they just became inactive once the ban got lifted

basically all update accounts are dead on here omg like it’s driving me crazy

BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA
BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA
BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA
BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA
BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA
BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA

hey so could we stop using AI for things like this…

the biggest danger to america right now is that tech bros genuinely think that bitcoin can fix anything

who else up waking up in day one

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but if even if you're not an artist, that goofy meme idea in your head will be a thousand times funnier if you just do a crappy drawing of it yourself vs using generative A.I.

Some don’t even realize they’re actually eating all the faces.

Airbnb has been shit for a long time now so 👋

Airbnb’s co-founder is joining Elon Musk’s DOGE Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media

Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.

my current kindle is a 2018 model, purchased in 2022 and it’s still going strong so i have no reason to replace it but still

once my kindle breaks i’m definitely getting another e-reader. this is just ridiculous.

Hey, regarding Amazon disabling USB downloads:

It can be totally bypassed with a download of free software, and one can strip out the DRM, by following the instructions at the link. Then the files are yours to do with as you will, as they should be.