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by secabeen 2551 days ago
The idea is that a physical book has a lifetime before it has to be discarded due to wear, so they want the e-book to be the same. I think that's dumb, and don't feel we need to be tied to the durability of paper books, but that's their justification.
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By that logic we could have made every maker happy by selling a buggywhip with every automobile.