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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 09:42:14 JST Nathan Schneider

   • Tim Bray

   Trading book ownership for corporate library management was always a mistake.
   From: @timbray
   https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/114009140433842616

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     fm2279 (fm2279@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 10:25:08 JST fm2279

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     • Tim Bray

     @ntnsndr @timbray I went to a small used book store today and got two great paperbacks for $4 each. Why would I want to rent bytes I have to read on a tiny TV when I can have books that I own?

     I've just never really understood the value proposition.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 10:27:46 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • fm2279

     @fm2279 @ntnsndr @timbray - being married to someone who goes to sleep early and is sensitive to light and page-turning

     - taking notes that can easily be transferred to a digital archive

     - reading and writing (including large, complex things) on sam object

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 10:28:14 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • fm2279

     @fm2279 @ntnsndr @timbray *same

     Oh, and I have no room left of my bookshelves.

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     fm2279 (fm2279@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 10:36:26 JST fm2279

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     • Tim Bray

     @ntnsndr @timbray

     There are alternative solutions to each of these that don't involve renting bytes you have to read on a tiny TV.

     It's just wild because this has been happening with DRM content for a couple of decades now, seems like, and everybody acts shocked every time.

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     fm2279 (fm2279@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 10:54:59 JST fm2279

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     • Tim Bray

     @ntnsndr @timbray This I understand too well.

     But I suppose in the ends it's a matter of taste. I just don't like reading book-length texts on screens.