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Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks. (lithub.com)

submitted 1 month ago by fattyfoods to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

🏴‍☠️

https://annas-archive.org/

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I prefer zlib but tomatoes tomatoes

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Discussion on other lemmy instance https://lemmy.world/post/25708444

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Go to a Book Store
Buy a Book
Go Home with the Book
Read your Book
🖕Amazon

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

That's okay, facebook has all of them right? Right..?

[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does anyone know if using Calibre will be affected by this change?

[–] brokenlcd@feddit.it 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you use a kindle. Mod it before it's too late. There is a new exploit that works on all kindles.

https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/WinterBreak/

[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wasn't aware you could mod a Kindle. What does doing this do?

[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago

If you have a lot of books to download, check out https://github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

So, what, people won't be allowed to read offline anymore? I hear the high seas calling...

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't even disagree with the author's assessment of bezos but it really made the article shit. I really wish people would stop putting their opinions into every "article". Amazon looks shitty without the insults. Use neutral language and detail the facts of a situation and let the reader think " God I'm so sick of bezos and his Mr. Clean wannabe, fascist loving, punchable face." On their own.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Bezos doesn't run the business anymore. He's no longer the CEO. While he exploited the workers during his tenure, as a customer I had no complaints when he was CEO. They had only started to enshittify recently

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can't believe I didn't know Bezos wasn't CEO any more. Thanks for the info. 2021 was a weird year for me guess I wasn't paying attention when that happened. Doesn't change my opinion of Bezos as a person, but now I have someone new I also dislike 🤣.

He is the executive chairman for Amazon's board though.

[–] Scarlov@mastodon.gamedev.place 1 points 1 month ago

@fattyfoods Honestly, I'm surprised it took them so long to do it. It's one of the main reasons I didn't get myself a kindle.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Amazon has already stripped away my ability to give a fuck!