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Do you guys realize just how crazy this sounds?!
You pay a price comparable to the price for a printed book, but:
- you get a file (thus most of the savings from the elimination of printing, storage and distribution become profit for the publisher);
- the publisher/seller lock the book, so that you can use it on only one device;
- when you finish reading the book, you cannot pass it on to your spouse to read, if they use a different device;
- if you decide to change to a device from a different manufacturer, you lose all your purchased books, and have to repurchase them, if you want to reread them;
- if you later have an unrelated dispute with the merchant, who sold you the initial device, they can prevent you from purchasing a new model of the device, and ban you from getting your purchased books to your current device, if you lose them.
- because you are locked to one device manufacturer, you have to provide personal information, and are being tracked on what you read, and such information is kept "forever" by the manufacturer, for whatever use they deem it fit, including for sale to other parties.
It makes every year seem like 1984.
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