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  1. The DriveThruFiction Christmas in July sale has started. One of our clients has four science fiction books in the sale 🙂​

    Each one has an ePub and PDF, all DRM-free.

    https://www.drivethrufiction.com/en/publisher/28525/s-p-gilpin?promo=44595&affiliate_id=235519

    #DRMFree #NoDRM #ScienceFiction #SciFi

  2. ¿Cómooo? ¿Que han anunciado Silksong en físico para consolas? Pero si los de GOG ya lo teníamos desde lanzamiento...

    #Videojuegos #NoDRM #GOG

  3. DRM-free? Sortable? eBooks? Magazines? Comics? Even RPGs? This list from @libreture will have you covered. Never need to remove DRM again!

    #eBooks #DRMSucks #NoDRM

    libreture.com/bookshops/

  4. Evidently we have a new age verification law in California that even applies to open source operating systems including Linux.

    What if we just build age verification into ALL machinery while were at it? Cars, bicycles, theatres, alcohol isle in the grocery store, tool isle at Home Depot. Cameras with retina scans.

    We're about to accept DRM into every aspect of our lifes.

    Our society has lost all objectivity. We deserve to be ruled by Ai.

    #Ageverification #OpenSource #NoDRM #Dystopia

  5. So my audioengine HD5s arrived yesterday. Pretty exciting. So of course I'm listening to my music all day today while I work.

    GrapheneOS handles the audio specifics just fine. No fancy protocols, just pair and play.

    Sound quality is excellent, and...

    ... I can't talk to them. ;-)

    #audioengine #AOSP #NoDRM #MusicCollection #Music #FLAC #OGG

  6. The last two Apple products we use in our house are two HomePods, and an AppleTV.

    I'm replacing the HomePods with two audioengine HD5 speakers. Not huge speakers, but we have humble needs.

    I really look forward to just syncing audio via Bluetooth, with no "smart" features, and...

    NO MICROPHONES!

    #DeApple #RightToRepair #NoDRM #Privacy #NoTechSurveillance #TechFreedom

  7. My music collection only has DRM-free music in it. My first goto for new music is always #Bandcamp. If it's not there, then #Qobuz, which has improved a lot but costs more. Both offer high quality FLAC downloads. Then it's hard to find music on #Cds, usually from local stores.

    I don't purchase mp3, and I will never rent (to never own), my music.

    I plan to listen to my music collection until I'm six feet under using my Jellyfin Server.

    #NoDRM #DRMFree #Jellyfin #MusicCollection

  8. Ed anche questa sera la mia augusta consorte si delizierà con un #emolliente omicidio con un episodio de #LaSignoraInGiallo
    Evviva i #dvd della #biblioteca! 😜🤪😁
    Evviva i supporti fisici. Abbasso le #manettedigitali, #nodrm!

  9. Ran across this nice person on Insta**** talking about sending ARCs of stories but not wanting AI to gobble the work for "training".
    instagram.com/reel/DSzbC78DR3C
    To me, this proposed "solution" is about as distressing as DRM itself. Yes, I think it would be great to keep things out of the hands of evil AI and the companies supporting it, but... Is yet another walled garden the solution? As a reader, I would never use something like that. Sorry.
    #bookstodon #ebooks #DRM #noDRM #noAI

  10. What #DRM tools are people using to ensure they can back up their legally purchased #ebooks these days?

    The #DeDRM & #NoDRM plugins for #Calibre that I've found don't seem to be maintained - no new releases since 2022.

  11. Bugger. I bought an eBook from bookshop.org as a present for @bright_helpings

    I knew it would have #DRM, but I managed to get the ePub file downloaded in the Android app, extracted to my laptop where I intended to use #Calibre and the #NoDRM plugin.

    Annoyingly the particular kind of DRM got a DMCA takedown a while back, and there doesn't seem to be a good way to strip it in any other way.

    So yeah, don't fall for the "it's OK to buy DRM stuff, you can always strip it later" approach.

  12. I've been looking for a replacement for Youtube Music as part of my ongoing quest to de-Google my life, and I think I've finally found one. I'm evaluating Qobuz and so far it seems nice.

    It does not seem to be related to any of the top four players (Spotify, Apple, Google, or Amazon) so that's a definite plus.

    Anyone else using Qobuz? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

    #Qobuz #DeGoogle #NoDRM

  13. CW: Crass Commercialism

    In 2019, I wrote a superhero-like novel centering on a heist to break refugees out of a labor camp. #FreeCulture #CCBYSA #NoDRM all the good stuff.

    I revised the text, so quick experiment, I put it up on Stripe for people who want to read before I release it generally in a few months buy.stripe.com/aFa4gzaPY9tx9KG

    I have more planned, but their speed depends on how the experiment goes. 🤷

    #Bookstodon might dig this, too...

    $3 or free for members at buymeacoffee.com/jcolag

  14. @Gargron

    This is about a platform mandating DRM, to control/manipulate revenue streams.

    I think Google (and Apple) are fully capable to manage platform security without gatekeeping access to our devices. They could improve OS immutability, or better admin rights without root privileges.

    As irritating as they can be, even the banks have developed secure financial platforms that still allow us to purchase WHAT we want, from WHO we want.

    #OpenSource #NoDRM #DeGoogle #GrapheneOS #DeApple #AOSP

  15. CW: invectives, drm

    Fuck no. Go fuck yourself with a rake, sideways, "#Soundcloud".

    #NoDRM

  16. JFC, Waaah waaah waaah!

    Yes, I want to shop bookshop.org to support Sapphic #indie authors, but my favorites seem to all be 'Zon exclusive. Aaargh!

    Tell me, oh great and powerful Fediverse, where are the indie Sapphic romance authors who are NOT on Amazon, and hopefully non-DRM?

    Have cash, will read. Wire @smashedratonpress Santa Banana.

    #noDRM #noAmazon #bookstodon #sapphic #fiction #ebooks