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   Steven Bodzin (guacamayan@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 13:36:46 JST Steven Bodzin

   Downloading an audiobook that I paid for, I am using Duck Duck Go's new tracker trapper to watch in real time as Google tries, more than once per second, to detect everything from my headphone status to my gender

   Let me just buy a damn book

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 13:36:40 JST feld

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     • Rachel Unkefer :jeffmasto:
     Libro.fm is great, I have like 15 unused credits right now though 🤣
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     Rachel Unkefer :jeffmasto: (runkefer@cville.online)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 13:36:45 JST Rachel Unkefer :jeffmasto:

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     @guacamayan I recommend libro.fm for audiobooks to avoid the giant surveillance companies. And they will share part of your sale with the independent bookstore of your choice. https://libro.fm/

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 13:42:36 JST feld

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     • Rachel Unkefer :jeffmasto:
     Libro.fm gives you the mp3 / mpa files too! I always immediately download them and save them on my NAS
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     Steven Bodzin (guacamayan@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 13:42:37 JST Steven Bodzin

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     • feld
     • Rachel Unkefer :jeffmasto:

     @feld @runkefer interesting, will examine

     of course these systems use DRM to lock us in — if I go to a new system I still need to go back to Kobo to re-listen to 2666 or The Power Broker. Unless I decide to go rogue and just rip them into MP3s and keep copies locally. 60 hours of MP3 in each of those books. It would be a lot of work just to rip & store them.