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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours ago

How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked

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How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked

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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours ago
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As it turns out they don't actually want you to do this (and have some interesting ways to stop you)
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    I find it puzzling that people are OK with allowing a mammoth, regularly hostile corporation know exactly what books they’re reading as well as the exact details of their reading habits. Everything is accessible to Amazon - when and how often you access a book, how fast you read and when you linger on or return to a page. I wonder when they’ll implement camera-based eye tracking so they know what word you’re on?

    The same public libraries that vigorously defend the privacy of our reading lists are simultaneously fine outsourcing all ebook access to Amazon where there’s no expectation of privacy at all. Epubs at those libraries are now so well hidden they’re not even mentioned anymore and access is buried multiple levels deep in the mandatory Libby app.

    I love the ease of access and convenience of ebooks, but paper books are becoming more and more appealing by comparison.

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      Amazon can’t see shit that me and mine read, but that’s cuz I liberated my Kindle books and now read/listen to all of my Kindle/audible books through audiobookshelf.

      So glad I made that jump a few years ago

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    Cool, but don’t support Amazon at all.

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    This needs to be an open source script! I would love to use it to actually own my purchased books.

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      They’ll modify it soon enough. Amazon will respond to only one thing - everyone stops buying ebooks from Amazon.

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        Understood, but I “purchased” books over the years is like to keep as mine.

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