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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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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday July 02 2020, @08:33PM
I thought about it, but there were about a dozen (and the thing was layered together so you couldn't even reach some of 'em) and sadly I lack a drill capable of going around corners into very small cracks. Wasn't worth the pretty good chance of hitting something vital; owner said never mind, I'll just use a desk fan, and so it went until the thing died entirely a couple years later.
If it were mine, yeah, I'd probably have completely dysmangled it and made it so it came apart gracefully whether it liked it or not. Or, why I don't like creatively tight packing when stuff might need to come out. (Of course, Apple and repairs...)
Good story about your case -- well worth the effort!
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.