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Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 65 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The problem is some authors signing exclusivity deal with Amazon, which means breaking the DRM and converting it is the only way to read it on a different e-reader.

Flagged by the Algorithm: Klarna Thought I’m a Fraudster in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago

What do you mean? That's literally just using the service as intended.

Apple’s most sweeping software redesign disappoints mainland Chinese consumers in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This article really needs some illustration of what the new UI looks like, and what the old one looks like for comparison

France to ban students from keeping smartphones in schools in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We've been without a lot of things for millennia

Designed by men, for men: Why sex with robots does not have appeal among women in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A robot doesn't need to be anthropomorphic, an assembly line robot is still a robot. It does however need to be able to perform some actions autonomously, for which a vibrator hardly qualifies.

Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A more expensive, clunkier product, with a bunch of needless fluff in it.