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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 01 2020, @02:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the gone-with-the-wind dept.

https://www.iafrikan.com/2020/06/30/do-we-really-own-our-digital-possessions/

During 2019, Microsoft announced that it will close the books category of its digital store. While other software and apps will still be available via the virtual shop front, and on purchasers' consoles and devices, the closure of the eBook store takes with it customers' eBook libraries. Any digital books bought through the service – even those bought many years ago – will no longer be readable after July 2019. While the company has promised to provide a full refund for all eBook purchases, this decision raises important questions of ownership.


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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday July 01 2020, @10:39PM (1 child)

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 01 2020, @10:39PM (#1015177) Journal

    He's not saying that it *is* Communism, just that it's instituted all the bad features of same, without copying any (unspecified) good ones.

    I don't really agree with him either, but monopolies are not good, even when only of a very minor thing like the drawer of a refrigerator.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @10:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 01 2020, @10:52PM (#1015182)

    He's not saying that it *is* Communism, just that it's instituted all the bad features of same, without copying any (unspecified) good ones.

    Which features? That's the part I don't get. As far as I can tell, it's (broken/distorted) capitalism, at its worst, all the way down -- Communism is just being used as a trope in an attempt to paint anything bad as being a result of actions by an out group [wikipedia.org] and not an issue which should be addressed, IMHO.