Grumpy about DRM today. So much content I’ve purchased but am forever beholden to Amazon to access.

So much ugh. Big Amazon presence here in KY, so wonder when we’ll start to see this.

Why shut down Alexa rankings???

Very scary stuff here.

The more pies Amazon has its fingers in, the more concerning it becomes.

Well played, The Onion. Well played.

Happy to say that my local indie bookstore does not have this problem.

Nope nope nope nope. If plate readers are going to become more common, I’ve got to start biking more places. Not that that will protect against Ring. 🤮🤮🤮

Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve spent a lot of money at my local bookstore and bikeshop, and it kills me that Amazon is threatening both. Granted, I haven’t been able to completely cut the Amazon cord (and I have friends who have only survived the past 18 months because of the company), but there has to be a better way.

Amazon is just too big. This line stood out: “Amazon is now in the odd position of replacing stores that it helped kill off.”

It is a coincidence that I’m visiting my local independent bookstore the same day Bezos went to space, but it’s a happy one.

The artwork on the “cover” of a Kindle book has been updated since the last time I read it. It’s a relatively minor change but reminds me that you never truly own an e-book you buy from Amazon (and why I now try to buy hardcopy).

Finally decided to cut ties with Prime, and then Amazon goes and buys Eero, my router company of choice. It’s like I can’t escape (which is, in turn, exactly why I’m trying to).

Gotta say, Amazon, the amount of effort you’re making me go through to cancel my Prime membership is just validating my choice to do so.