They refund them. Why is this an issue?
When Microsoft's eBook store closes, your books disappear too
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#12They refund them. Why is this an issue?
It's an issue if there were ebooks exclusive to Microsoft and not available anywhere else. You've lost access to something that you can't get access to (legally) again at any price.
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#14I seriously worry about this with Kindle books I get on Amazon. I hope Amazon never goes away, though I guess it could at any time.
Like another commenter has said, the DRM on Kindle e-books is pretty easy to break. https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com
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#15I seriously worry about this with Kindle books I get on Amazon. I hope Amazon never goes away, though I guess it could at any time.
Install Calibre and DeDRM, download everything to Kindle for PC and add to calibre, which will break the DRM and ensure you have a copy regardless of what happens with Amazon.
I've personally had an Amazon account blocked along with access to all my Kindle books, which sucks. Now I download every book as soon as I purchase it and add to calibre.
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#16They refund them. Why is this an issue?
Annotations would presumably be lost as well (if the platform supported them).
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#17The Right to Read becomes more relevant every year...
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html
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#18> But with the 5G boom about to hit, experts will tell you we’re set to see a massive increase in connected devices and appliances, many of which we’ll probably only be able to licence, rather than own.
Why is this more likely with 5G than 4G? What appliances are not suitable for IOT right now, but will be with 5G? Would most of my appliances be in my home, where I have wifi?
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#19I didn't start buying ebooks from Amazon/Kindle until I realized it was relatively easy to break its DRM. I've never used the files anywhere else but I keep a cracked copy of every purchase just in case. That old story about "1984" being removed gave me too much of a negative impression.
I do the same with Audible. As far as I can tell, there's no way to remove the DRM that is both easy and free, so against my better judgement, I paid $30 for a program to do it for me[0]. I now have every audiobook I've bought in mp3 format, split by chapter and tagged with the correct metadata. Now I can dump them on a USB drive and plug it into my car stereo for road trips (I don't mind listening to good books more than once).
[0] It's called Tuneskit Audible Converter, and I'm surprised they haven't been sued by Amazon yet.