[thephyber]

> This semester though I’m forced to purchase a $200 textbook just so I can turn in my homework through some online system

Walled gardens encroaching on education.

Can you mention what system it is? There's a few thousand entrepreneurs on this site that might be interested in disrupting broken business models like that one.

[dsfyu404ed]

Probably Pearson My$subjectLab. Educators hate it too.

There exist free alternatives at least for math but it's kind of a MS-office vs libreoffice situation.

[trillic]

My profs write and grade their own problem sets. Turn them in via email or Canvas. There are other alternatives.

[fjsolwmv]

You go to a rare school that isn't a scam.