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I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? (cdn.masto.host)
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I do like both, and I've never understood why this is an issue, is it not the content of the book that matters? Not how that content is delivered? 🤔😁 @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction #Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #FantasyBooks

Tom and Jerry meme, Tom is having a sword fight with the dog, and Jerry is watching. Captions: Dog: ebook readers Tom: Physical readers Jerry: Me liking both
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[–] 3 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joininIt's not the ebooks that are bad, it's the prison of proprietory technological ecosytems which makes them bad. With Kindles, Amazon can even monitor your reading habits.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    @weirdfish Except ebooks absolutely does not need to mean Amazon Kindle ebooks. Or even DRM-encumbered ebooks. Yes there are plenty of ebooks that are either or both and not legally available otherwise (that's a choice), but there are also huge numbers of ebooks (and ways to read them) which are really not more privacy-invasive than a print book. (Though in fairness, they do tend to be a bit harder to buy anonymously like with cash.)@NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @joinin

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    @NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin btw, my ebook reader is completely offline and I only use it for books from #ProjectGutenberg and similar sources.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    @NickEast_IndieWriter @reading @bookstodon @books @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin Where I come from, one of the digital book sellers went bankrupt and you've had to actively export your ebook licenses to another vendor, or else they would have been lost. Now that's what I call #enshittification

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