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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 15:34:23 UTC switching.social

   • Magess :heart_ace:

   @Magess

   I just can't see the point of using a for-profit VC company like Scribd when we already have excellent well-established non-profit alternatives like public libraries and Open Library.

   Kobo is listed as a "least worst" alternative rather than a positive recommendation. If there was a free open alternative to Kindle I would be listing that instead.

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 16:33:23 UTC switching.social

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     • Magess :heart_ace:

     @Magess

     Just to make clear, there's nothing wrong with charging for services.

     However, for-profit VC-owned online companies will tend to have more financial incentive to spy on their customers :blobsad:

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 16:46:44 UTC switching.social

     in reply to

     • Magess :heart_ace:

     @Magess

     Just to make clear, there's nothing innately wrong with private companies charging for their services.

     However, for-profit VC-owned online companies will tend to have more financial incentive to spy on their customers :blobsad: