theinternetcon

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Not gonna lie, reading this passage from @pluralistic’s book #TheInternetCon on a jailbroken #Kindle (running #KOreader!) felt like a deliciously affirming act of resistance 💁🏻‍♀️

#KindleJailbreak #resist #BigTech #Calibre #SimpleUI

A photo of a hand holding a Kindle on a page that reads: “… sells you a player gets to decide who can make the things it will play and take a cut of every one of those things.

A quarter-century later, that racket has gone viral. Amazon's Audible claims the right to decide who can make an audiobook player that can use the books it sells you, and Amazon's Kindle devices will only run software that is authorized by Amazon. Smart thermostats, smart speakers and smart toys all leave…”

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