Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Though I like doing these crowdfunders, I do them because I *have* to. #Amazon's ...
Though I like doing these crowdfunders, I do them because I *have* to. #Amazon's #Audible division, the monopolist that controls >90% of the #audiobook market, refuses to carry my work because it is DRM-free. When you buy a DRM-free audiobook, that means that you can play it on *anyone's* app, not just Amazon's.
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