[pdkl95]

So stop giving those services your money and patronage. As long as people keep paying them, the market will continue to provide what they see people are willing to pay for.

Effecting change is rarely easy, and often requires sacrifice, but fortunately one of the benefits of the internet is that we have access to a lot more options.

Also, remember that the longer a power is entrenched as the status quo, the harder it is to change it. I strongly encourage making any necessary sacrifices to help fight DRM, walled gardens, and the like now, because waiting will only make the problem worse. Right now it might only require avoiding stuff like Netflix, which is a luxury. It will be a lot harder once the MPAA/etc decide there are too many workarounds for Netflix and start pressuring OEMs to start using the new Intel SGX to setup the "trusted execution environment" they've always wanted.

[wlesieutre]

On this note, is anyone aware of a good source of non-DRMed ebooks? Not just a place selling from little indie publishers; when a friend recommends a popular book to me I'd expect to be able to find it in the catalog.

Does such a place exist, or do I have to go back to paper?

[opcvx]

If you like audiobooks you can try LibriVox.

https://librivox.org/search

https://librivox.org/search?primary_key=30&search_category=g...

They are very transparent. In my experience, about 95% of the books were pleasing to listen to.

LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.