For obvious reasons, I'm no longer buying e-books from Amazon. I found a bunch of nice DRM-free PDFs on Thalia, but now I'm considering a book that does have DRM (publisher's requirement, I guess).
Anyone has experience with de-DRMing Thalia books? (I think it's Adobe DRM, but not entirely sure.)
That week of #AmazonBoycott felt soooo good ... I think I'm going to do another... And another... And another...
How has your #consumeractivism been going?
Amazon Boycott
There has been an organized amazon boycott underway for the last week. It started on the 7th of March and ends today on the 14th. I have been as successful as I can be in joining the boycott. I haven’t shopped at amazon or knowingly shopped at a site that amazon owns. I haven’t watched anything on amazon prime video. I haven’t knowingly used the news services they own, or even used imdb. The most difficult part was not using audible while driving in and out of Boston and to and from work this week. I am a bit of an audiobook junkie when I am driving and not touching my audible account was a little tough.
The question I have is, did I unknowingly use amazon web services? I think a huge chunk of the internet is hosted by amazon. There’s a good chance that I went somewhere that is paying money to amazon for their web hosting needs. I don’t think I could have avoided that at all. Hell, for all I know this very page is hosted by amazon. I hope not, but who knows?
For the things that I could actually control though, I have managed to play along. I just have to continue not giving amazon any business until midnight tonight. I can do it.
In the meantime, here’s a photo a day picture of a cat. Hopefully Flickr, the site I use to host the images you see on this goofy little page, is not hosted by the amazons. That would be disappointing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54386306268/in/datetaken/
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Boycott Amazon 07. - 14. March 2025 Last day! That was easy, wasn't it? ^.^
We won't stop --> make it a month --> continue --> We got this! ^.^
Get self and community sufficient. Go RRR: Reuse, refurbish, repair. Grow your own. Swap, exchange, gift. Practice mutual help in your neighborhood.
#Amazonboycott For folks looking for Amazon alternatives, this has some decent suggestions: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/alternatives-to-amazon?fbclid=IwY2xjawJAG9tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSCPAvdp0U0e6cerMvMl81oDVjy7rNC9oM1NflvUpqi4yCehpdpC1iKyeQ_aem_xOpTYTFtQXyOO-n9FFOGMA
It’s been so easy! I think I will continue indefinitely.
What I figured out in the last week is that many of my Amazon purchases are just impulse purchases of stuff I don’t need!
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Boycott Amazon 07. - 14. March 2025
Two more days to go --> make it a week --> make it a month --> continue --> We got this! ^.^
Refuse to spend money on anything that feeds this corrupt economy!
Get self and community sufficient. Reuse, refurbish, repair. Grow your own. Swap, exchange, gift. Practice mutual help in your neighborhood.
My scifi fantasy anthology is 4 months old today. It's quirky, sweet, snarky & a little eccentric, much like its author.
Celebrate with a copy of your own!
On sale in ebook & paperback from lots of vendors: https://books2read.com/relicsfromatravelingshow/
Or use this link to buy a paperback direct for $15 USD (US only, I'm pretty sure)
https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=eEL8UtqftS4w7LaQIkSCVAsrQIWKtKdZeH9pD0gLfY3
Alexa, wo ist dein Strom und Netzwerk? #UnplugTrump #amazonboycott
You can buy from me direct, through a PayHip store. BookFunnel will deliver the book to you, and keep a backup, as well. No DRM, but an invisible watermark.
https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/
Not confident enough to buy through my store? No money?
No problem, lots of other options, including libraries where I get paid:
https://books2read.com/hannahsteenbock
We can do better than just Amazon.
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Boycott Amazon 07. - 14. March 2025
3rd day --> make it a week --> make it a month --> continue --> We got this! ^.^
Get self and community sufficient. Go RRR: Reuse, refurbish, repair. Grow your own. Swap, exchange, gift. Practice mutual help in your neighborhood.
#FYI #community #resist #resistance #stopcapitalism #DismantleTheSystem #boycott #EconomicBoycott #ParkrosePermaculture #EconomicBlackout #boycott #Amazon #Bezos #AmazonBoycott
Boycott Amazon 07. - 14. March 2025
2nd day
We did it a day --> make it a week --> make it a month --> continue --> We got this! ^.^
Get self and community sufficient. Go RRR: Reuse, refurbish, repair. Grow your own. Swap, exchange, gift. Practice mutual help in your neighborhood.
Schon seit vielen Jahren, ist gar nicht so schwer:
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So, how's everyone feeling at the end of our first day of the #amazonboycott ? Still feeling it? I sure am.
After 14 years, I clicked the “delete account” button on my Goodreads account.
I found myself surprisingly verklempt over this one.
This obviously had a bigger effect on me than on the corporation, but even a small step away from Amazon and Bezos is worth it! #AmazonBoycott
Amazon blackout today. Save your necessary purchases for tomorrow if you can!
Boycotting Amazon? My Gaslamp Fantasy, The Artificer's Knot, is FREE from these Draft2Digital outlets!
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It’s great that we have the dark pre-worker-union ages behind us, where ruthless employers exploited their workers without any moral limits.
For reference, below you find a historic news article from 1925 about a company forcing their workers into 50 hour weeks with regular 12 hour shifts. Unthinkable today.
https://www.ft.com/content/e2674524-e329-4e60-87e1-f877881bf529
Oh.. wait…
@Remittancegirl
Only thing that will hurt amazon properly:
Delete your account. Now. For good.
Got rid of mine about ten years ago and I never miss it. Makes me buy more in shops, regional and often less.
