Hey friends 👋, A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my library because I saw this video by Jared Henderson warning of the change and downloaded all
  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Lol. So we trust local governments and communities now?

    I trust my local community more than i trust Amazon, that’s for sure.

    Communities might be incompetent with IT (today), but maybe they just need a while to catch up. It could work in 10 years from now, and we gotta work towards that point.

    Also, note that “local community” doesn’t have to mean municipality; it can also be your local nerd working part-time at your local library.

    • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      And this is somehow better?

      There is a lot of room between “BigTech” and “Joe Average” doing it for his neighbours. Mailbox.org, etc. (see my other post here)