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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When a contract ending almost caused Sony to remove all Discovery content from users last year, including digital copies of things people had paid full price for, the cracks between buying a digital license and actually owning something that can't be taken away became more visible to a chunk of people. It's something, but it's not ownership, and it can be taken away based on agreements you may have no way of gaining insight into.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Audible is open about it. Well, if you dig through the fine print. Easy enough to rip copies but I'd say most people only realise they need to when they loose access. Maybe not, but $30 for an audiobook seems like pretty shity value if you're only renting it untill you cancel your subscription.

E: I might be misinformed/ outdated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

You keep the audiobooks you’ve paid for directly with credits when you cancel.