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Auto-Download Your Kindle Books Before February 26th Deadline
#kindlehacks #amazon #bun #drm #ebooks #enshittification #kindle #typescript #hackaday
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Auto-Download Your Kindle Books Before February 26th Deadline
With the news that Amazon will no longer be allowing users to download their Kindle books after February 26th, many are scrambling to download their books before it’s too late. The most up-to…Hackaday
* The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request
* The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/
* #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/
Chrome Banishes JPEG XL Photo Format That Could Save Phone Space
Adobe, Intel, Shopify and Facebook like the new JPEG XL standard, but Google has dealt it a severe blow.Stephen Shankland (CNET)
Folks: That’s an evil plan, we don’t like it.
Google: Please keep the discussion to technical issues only.
#Google #EvilAsAService #PeopleFarming #SiliconValley #BigTech #DigitalImperialism #adtech #DRM #web #standards #WebStandards #w3c
https://doctorow.medium.com/john-deeres-repair-fake-out-79da4978f4c1
"#Deere abuses copyright law to force farmers to pay for official repairs — even when the farmer does the repair. That’s possible thanks to a practice called VIN locking, in which engine parts come with #DRM that prevents the tractor from recognizing them until they pay hundreds of dollars for a John Deere technician to come to their farm and type an unlock code into the tractor’s console."
Plus: The win is not as good as it looks.
John Deere’s repair fake-out - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Last week, a seeming miracle came to pass: John Deere, the Big Ag monopolist that — along with Apple — has led the Axis of Evil that killed, delayed and sabotaged dozens of Right to Repair laws, sued…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/when-drm-comes-your-wheelchair
When DRM Comes For Your Wheelchair
Why EFF Supports Colorado’s Right to Repair Wheelchairs LawWheelchairs BreakThree million Americans rely on wheelchairs, which makes wheelchairs a key driver of the $50 billion Durable Medical Equipment industry.Electronic Frontier Foundation