this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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Imagine selling someone a book and then later clawing it back without a refund and without giving the victim a big fat warning that you're going to do so.
God that would be awful. Good thing that's not what we're talking about.
That's what will likely happen when this company eventually goes out of business. The DRM server will go offline, and the books will be inaccessible. Cracks like this one are an insurance policy for that eventuality.
In what meaningful way is this different?