On Feb. 26, 2025 Amazon will remove your ability to download your ebooks to your computer or any other device except Kindle. (crosspost from !bookclub)

imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

On Feb. 26, 2025 Amazon will remove your ability to download your ebooks to your computer or any other device except Kindle. (crosspost from !bookclub)

imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Good point. Sleepwalking into authoritarianism doesn’t seem difficult these days.

imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

These “super-app” fantasies always ignore the fact that WeChat is ubiquitous in China because the Chinese government practically requires everyone to have it. How exactly is that supposed to be replicated in a non-authoritarian society?