• @[email protected]
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    217 days ago

    resist.

    Stop buying whatever it is that Amazon/Meta/Google/Etc sell. They will not stand for you. They will not respect you.

    At some points, it may seem like they changed and that they are now good. They are not. They will never be. Resist them.

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        7 days ago

        You could have made a better choice, I suppose. And some authors/editors do deserve the money.

        Pirating is not necessarily resisting. Are you taking money from authors who really really need it? Or are you taking money from rich CEOs who are worsening the environment, ruining future generations, slaving, etc?

        • @[email protected]
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          27 days ago

          Ya good point.

          Seems like I’m doing it backwards lol

          Giving money to Amazon for the hardware and then stealing from the authors.

          I should do some more research before buying my next ebook reader.

        • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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          17 days ago

          Whenever you want to buy a book, pirate it, then donate the amount equivalent to the purchase price directly to the authors. Bypass the middleman.

      • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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        37 days ago

        At least install KoReader before they find a way to firmware-lock the device.

        • @[email protected]
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          37 days ago

          Using calibre to just upload books directly.

          I’ll check out KoReader. Never heard of it.

          • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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            17 days ago

            Yeah, Calibre is the way to go. KoReader is basically custom built for Calibre, and includes things (missing from the base kindle firmware) like native metadata retrieval.