Mr_ToDo

Mr_ToDo t1_jd31p86 wrote

I've got a few ebooks from microsoft press. The DRM on the PDF's there is just watermarks. If they ever die I still have my books no extra work needed.

I've also bought from other stores that have at least some outright DRM free ebooks(it seems that it's often up to the author/publisher if it gets DRM).

So it's not like they don't exist. They might not exist for the books you want, or in the format you want but I guess you don't always get everything.

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Mr_ToDo t1_jc2mzgd wrote

Don't worry, he said those publishing "good" content will be except.

It's a good thing he has that trust and safety council or it would be all up to him what good content is...

It is amusing that he's not denying access to "bad" content publishers, they just have to give him money first. That's just so wonderful of him isn't it ;)

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Mr_ToDo t1_jc2lulp wrote

Well it doesn't use the API, and assuming that it doesn't use a login then it's probably not bound by the EULA since it would all be public data with no agreement to see it.

Could be a bit of fun if it removes the login prompt, but it's pretty random normally and if there isn't an actual hard limit to what you can load then removing it is likely just a technicality at best(It seems more concerned about how long I stare at old tweets then how far down I scroll. I know sometimes I've gone years down if I don't stop scrolling)

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Mr_ToDo t1_j29tguv wrote

Not that I disagree, but did they know it was available?

How many different options exist? I know I didn't know that house to curb utility insurance existed as an option for years, but it does. Does having something, purely as an option that's not disclosed make it enough of a defence to not pay out? how many other options do I not know about?

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Mr_ToDo t1_iy8on6h wrote

How much do you think a dynamic IP matters? And how often do you think yours changes? Sure some peoples change many times a day but most home internet connections around here only grab a new one from every few weeks to when you actually reboot the modem to pretty much never(as long as I've lived in my current place I've never gotten a new one despite being "dynamic").

But really it's the other trackers you have to worry about anyway. You can switch IP's every 5 minutes and it won't mean a think if you've got other trackers updating them on who you are. It'd be like swapping your car to evade the cops but keeping your plates.

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Mr_ToDo t1_iy8ma49 wrote

Well I haven't seen the proposal itself but going by the article I find the whole thing odd.

If the rules only apply if you make the type of speech part of your user agreement then I'm not entirely sure why it's as big a deal as people are making. Yes the cost is pretty high, but some level of enforcement of an agreement seems on point to me. And if you don't want the cost you don't need to include it in the EULA.

Unless my understanding is wrong.

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