Hexbear

4 points

1 year ago

Depends on the format, you can absolutely own ebooks.

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Toadiwithaneye@lemm.ee

1 point

1 year ago

Yes you kind of “own” your ebook, but… The company that sold it to you can remove it legally form their listings, taking away your ability to download your book.

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3 points

1 year ago

That’s not what I’m referring to. If you have an epub or similar file, you own it. You can store it, and delete it at your own whim.

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Toadiwithaneye@lemm.ee

1 point

1 year ago

Yes, but computers are prone to failure, you are depending on a device to hold all your media. I’ve had backups and backups of backups, still losing things to failure. My books take up space, but they will be there unless my home burns down.

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3 points

1 year ago

And if you store it in the cloud, and in thumb drives, they will be there even if your home burns down, and far more of em too.

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Toadiwithaneye@lemm.ee

1 point

1 year ago

With a cloud you are depending on someone else to hold your property.

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2 points

1 year ago

Not necessarily, you can self-host. I also listed it as a backup, for actual storage on thumb drives, SD cards, etc. It’s really not difficult, files are far more secure and safe than a physical book, which itself degrades upon use.

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