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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @01:52AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @01:52AM (#1015240)

    My parents upgraded to a high efficiency furnace a while back. The circulation fan squeals when it runs because the bearings have gone dry. The bearings and motor are inside a molded plastic shell that can't be opened without destroying it to prevent any kind of maintenance. Instead, the entire fan assembly must be replaced for several hundred dollars when a few drops of oil would solve the problem. The old furnace ran for over forty years without trouble due to basic preventative maintenance and probably had another forty left in it when it was replaced. I doubt the new one will last much more than ten because any kind of basic maintenance is impossible.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @01:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @01:12PM (#1015376)

    What brand of high efficiency furnace is that? I'm due for a new furnace and would like to avoid that brand!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @03:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 02 2020, @03:17PM (#1015415)

    Possibly, or they sealed it to prolong the period before the lubrication runs out. Honestly, not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes things get sealed for legitimate reasons.