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$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (14 children)

After the first few times I had apple remove a book from my library, and the only explanation they ever gave me was "sometimes books change, and when books change they are a new book," I just went back to DRM free. If I have to jump through hoops, and still can't keep the content I legally purchased, why would I legally purchase the content?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

When Amazon removed 1984 from Kindle, I thought that's it I'm done. That is too ironic, DRM free for me. Nobody's going to remove my books

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106989048

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ironic but "Fahrenheit 451" being destroyed from Kindle would have been even more perfectly on the nose.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

True. But 1984 is still pretty strong, memory holes, double think, denying reality. Fascist organizations dictating what people can know, say, think, remember.

That's very much on the nose. But regardless, huge massive red flag, you don't own something that you have in your library unless it's physical and can't be removed at a whim.

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