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Kickstarting a book about Enshittification since Amazon will not carry it

pluralistic.net Pluralistic: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (31 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Another example of how big tech is just corrupted to the core.

Actually sounds like a good book to read!

Technology @lemmy.world Cory Doctorow: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it

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Amazon is not refusing to carry it. The author isn't selling it on Amazon. Pretty big difference.

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Amazon will not carry it because he doesn't agree to their terms.

Using that as clickbait lowers my opinion of his work.

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This is just advertisment

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- Yes. But more interesting and relevant than a Pepsi ad
  
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  I don't use an adblocker for more interesting ads
  
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Ordered! I love reading his books.

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Enshittification is my top word for 2023.

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- Appearently it's also big tech's top word.
  
  But you know, being on Lemmy reminds me of how it once was. We can avoid these fucking leaches and use our own apps and websites.
  
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ordered

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- I will order it too, sounds like a good book honestly.
  
  Uhm, how do I order it?
  
  https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3035-the-internet-con
  
  This link just says Forthcoming...
  
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  I'm guessing here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation
  
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He's the freaking author... why won't they let him sell it without DRM?

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- Because their audiobook platform requires DRM. They don't want you to own the audio file. If you owned it, you could take it with you, you could share it, and you could copy it.
  
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  Just found out they charge a 75% commission (60% if you sign an exclusive contract with them). Oh, and they get to completely control the pricing. Guess that makes them the real authors.
  
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I think another word needs to be created or used to describe the process, like "badification"

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- Are you trying to enshittify "enshittification"?
  
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- Permanently Deleted
  
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- Best of luck: Cory's not about to change that word now. If you want to try introducing another term it'd better be catchy.
  
  PS: everybody poops.
  
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- You are wrong.
  
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