JaymesRS

joined 5 months ago
[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 11 points 2 hours ago

Seems like a perfect place to figure out tweaks to increase my Angband framerate. My current install is really pixelated. ;)

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

According to the terms, when you purchase a Kindle e-book, you are buying a license to access the content rather than owning the book outright. And the only reason they made it explicit is CA law AB 2426. So you can “access” it on any device that can display their content, be it an app or hardware device, but you can’t possess it via a download for example. (I find this all to be bullshit, I’m just stating Amazon’s position on the topic)

https://www.ereadersforum.com/threads/amazon-clarifies-kindle-e-book-purchases-youre-licensing-not-owning.4831/

This is a big part of why I have a kobo, the files are easy to scrub of the DRM but I’m still getting an easy way to throw money at creators I value.

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Do you have access to an old kindle device? That makes it pretty easy with Calibre and the noDRM plugin.

It was easier when you could download it to your computer, but Amazon disabled that last year because so many people were removing the DRM.

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 108 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a fruit store.