Thanks for the info. I’m a bit on the classic side, on mobile, with adguard DNS, proton VPN and Firefox Focus.

The F with websites that doesn’t allow my DNS, my VPN, and my adblocker. My browser, my rules - your website and business plan, your choice. My private data.

I’ve never seen that a publisher who’s locking it’s books would sell them different on different platforms. I just checked Andy Weir from his own website, it is all amazon / apple / google etc locked versions - or pulp-tree-and-ink.

But I’d be very happy to be wrong; have you got sites to recommend?

Yes. I buy on ebooks dot com, where you can filter by the DRM-free critter. It is also a neat trick to discover new authors.

I do this absolutely out of personal opinion on the matter, and would rather buy dead-tree-and-ink than a closed version (that won’t open on my e-reader anyway).

The whole - and excellent - Murderbot Diaries series is DRM-free ! I wonder what/who make the decision on that matter.

Do you use to eat your eggs sunny-side-up? (With the yellow still liquid?) If so, you should be safe. Or you’ve been lucky, I have no clue as to the prevalence of Salmonella in Brazil.

Same here. I only buy drm-free from ebooksdotcom, and transfer them with caliber calibre. My kobo wifi isn’t even configured.

I believe a lot of the new users’ influx was knee-jerk reaction towards it. Then people calmed down and went back to their old habits, leaving the fediverse with millions of dead accounts.

I enjoyed being a mod to a helpful community tho - but no, I’m no longer working for free so that spez can shine in the stock market: that’s exactly who I’m not, exactly against all my values.

The internet has changed so much.