• Zacryon@lemmy.wtf
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    5 months ago

    No one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative.

    However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country. Knowlegde should be a free and shared common good.

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      5 months ago

      No one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative.

      actually blatantly wrong, public libraries are slowly dying and losing funding.

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      5 months ago

      That depends on where you live. The Internet Archive is far more accessible than a good library, for much of the global populace.

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        5 months ago

        That depends on where you live.

        Yes, I know. That’s why I said:

        However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country.

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      5 months ago

      Well, except scumbags like eric adams, NYC’s bought-owned-and-operated-by-real-estate-interests mayor.

    • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Libraries where good for before the XXI century. Nowadays the amount of content they had is pretty small. Most libraries don’t really has anything but the more famous books.

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        5 months ago

        They became community hubs that offer more than just books. Even ebooks albeit that being weirdly capped by publishers as well.

        They do much more than public opinion would make you believe.