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It’s bots all the way down at kindle unlimited (www.vice.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cecirdr to c/technology

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My title might be a bit hyperbolic, but stuff like this worries me. I love to read and I love reading on a kindle. This has been going on for a while, but it has now reached absurd levels.

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[–] moon_matter@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A store cannot survive on good will alone unfortunately. As much as I like my local bookstore, Amazon provides more content in more formats. It's just better from every angle.

[–] rustyspoon 4 points 1 year ago

If you need The Good to be just as convenient as The Bad in order to make the switch, it'll never happen. Nobody's saying bookstores offer a better deal than Amazon, they're saying that Amazon is so bad for the world that it makes sense to sacrifice that convenience and switch to alternatives.

[–] argv_minus_one 3 points 1 year ago

Problem: those formats are DRM'd. Your access to “your” books can be revoked at any time without justification.

[–] Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry, your utopian vision of streets full of closed shops and associated tumbleweed will be here soon enough.

[–] argv_minus_one 1 points 1 year ago

There won't be tumbleweed. There'll be tents. Tents everywhere. Portland, Oregon is a preview of everyone's future at this rate.