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After years of this type of thing from Apple I just can't feel sorry for anyone with a problem with this. You know Apple, they are going to do this every time. If you have a problem with that don't buy their products.
Apple has a very closed ecosystem and they like to exercise tight control over it. That is a fact.
It's hard to muster too much outrage about this. You can't read your "rightfully purchased iBooks" on any other device either; you can't read them on a Kindle, nor, to the best of my knowledge, on an Apple Mac computer of any sort. You can't to my mind reasonably expect to play them on jailbroken phones either. Why are you even buying iBook books? I can't understand the market proposition to them. Kindle books work o…
While I can't speak to why other buy via iBooks, I have made exactly one iBooks purchase which was for a title that was not available in Kindle format. Everything else I get is in Kindle format that gets the DRM stripped and is then put back into iBooks because I prefer it to the Kindle app for reading. I have no idea why some books come out in iBooks first, but what was a non-issue at the time is now a minor annoyance.
Sigh. Someone else who doesn't understand our rights include the right to enter into a contract that places burdens on both parties.
There's no legal or moral reason that Apple can't say "I'll sell you this for $X plus your promise not to do $Y.". You don't have to like it -- in which case you shouldn't make the agreement -- but it's certainly not wrong.
this ongoing battle is annoying. I just need my iphone to be a hotspot and I need a better notification system. Then i'll be happy.
Not to sound trollish, but have you looked at Android's notification system? It's absolutely wonderful, and I really don't think I'd change a thing about it. If you aren't too tied to iOS and are willing to switch, I'd say it's worth a look.
It appears that Apple is throwing caution to the wind and opening themselves up for a slew of lawsuits over… iBooks. Really? Even if a corporation doesn’t like us messing with their perfect OS, they can’t stop us from doing what’s legal. Sigh. Someone else who doesn't understand our rights include the right to enter into a contract that places burdens on both parties. There's no legal or moral reason that Apple can't…
Extreme ends of the spectrum are very clear: selling yourself into indentured servitude is a violation of basic human rights, while selling your time for eight hours a day is not.
Many advocates for digital freedom would argue that allowing customers (particularly the non-tech-savvy who don't know what they're agreeing to) to give up the rights to their devices and content is inherently immoral. I don't agree entirely, but I see their point, and if there was a ballot initiative proposing consumer protections against things like DRM lock-in, I would likely vote for it.
this ongoing battle is annoying. I just need my iphone to be a hotspot and I need a better notification system. Then i'll be happy.
>and I need a better notification system Not to sound trollish, but have you looked at Android's notification system? It's absolutely wonderful, and I really don't think I'd change a thing about it. If you aren't too tied to iOS and are willing to switch, I'd say it's worth a look.
this ongoing battle is annoying. I just need my iphone to be a hotspot and I need a better notification system. Then i'll be happy.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Kindle books work on Apple and Amazon hardware, and have a wider selection. Kindle's DRM seems to be a sweet spot: effective enough to prevent casual piracy, but generally not annoying, and easy to bypass for anyone who cares about controlling their own media.
Do you have more info on this? If true, the ability to export to ePub would induce me to buy books in kindle format. [edit: looks like there are some python scripts to do this. http://pastebin.com/f696ea728 This one claims to do the job. ]
this ongoing battle is annoying. I just need my iphone to be a hotspot and I need a better notification system. Then i'll be happy.
>and I need a better notification system Not to sound trollish, but have you looked at Android's notification system? It's absolutely wonderful, and I really don't think I'd change a thing about it. If you aren't too tied to iOS and are willing to switch, I'd say it's worth a look.