True, but let’s imagine newer Kindle devices or apps won’t allow you to read the previously downloaded files anymore? And I’m aware DeDRM exists, but so do DRM-free book shops. It’s not like I was okay to buy books from Amazon before, but now that they are getting rid of the download option, I will suddenly look for alternatives.
Some uh people I know are doing that, yeah. Wouldn’t that violate ToS though? I’m sure even without direct downloads, there will be ways to pirate Amazon books. I mean last time I checked, Netflix didn’t let me download the video files but that doesn’t keep people from pirating the content.
Does this make a big difference? Even if you have the ability to download the books from the website, they are still DRM protected, no?
32167 (Heroes of Might and Magic 2)
I would argue that people you are describing enjoying Tik Tok and being too lazy to look stuff up themselves, are not really engineers. You could also frame it as, information technology got so mainstream, even people with no technical background whatsoever are part of it. Engineers and tech nerds still exist, but they are a minority now.
Paper drinking straws
Check out https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/ There is a list of books he wrote with free PDF and links to Kindle store. “Mencious Moldbug” is one of his pseudonyms.