@teslas_moustache @alyx the whole idea of checking out eBooks is sort of weird, lol. doubly so if they're DRM'd.

@shoutcacophony @teslas_moustache right? it's absurd and incredibly hostile to the patrons.

@teslas_moustache @shoutcacophony and in my experience they're always DRMed.

thank goodness for de-DRM, which often saves the day

@shoutcacophony @alyx shit has to get put on hold. I gotta wait my turn for 100 fucking % copyable bits. It would barely take any time. No paper. No cost to anyone. We could read the same book at the same time. From different places. Like h u m a n s. But no. There's laws and shit https://anticapitalist.party/media/6-LxJ_qDaFa7jbSPz2k

@teslas_moustache @alyx @shoutcacophony This is unfortunately a restriction publishers place on libraries as a condition of loaning ebooks at all. It's ridiculous.

@aesmael @teslas_moustache @alyx That's what I presumed, and yes, it is