/lit/ - Literature

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>Kindle breaks
>Buy a new one
>Amazon, only rivalled by Google, now has full control over all literature as nobody bothered with physical stores anymore
>Kindle now only accepts azw4 format with draconian online only verification process for each book
>Gladly pay up as it's a small price to pay to view a rendering of your books in almost as high definition as the original
>Browsing book selection, screen flickers then becomes unresponsive
>Only the top half of the book you were about to read is visible, pic related
>"oh well, time for another new kindle."
>Toss the bricked device to your kindle stack
>Remind yourself with each purchase you are saving yourself the inconvenience of physical labour, speaking to others and all the while saving the planet as no trees had to be harmed for you to read
>Chinese kindle finally arrives, resume reading extensive collection of obscure literature so nobody can make assumptions about you
>In the middle of your book, you are interrupted when you are informed that your device has been logged out of your Amazon account and you must log back in
>Attempt to log back in, your password is incorrect
>Request new password, go to log into email and turn on your extensive collection of Shania Twain FLACs
>Email password is incorrect
>Your email still displays in your contacts, the name is now in Chinese
>Don't try to reobtain accounts as it would require speaking to people and physical labour
>Cut losses and snuggle with bodypillow, Shania's "Feel like a woman" plays. You are comforted by the thought that "at least I have my lossless music collection".
>Begin to groove, but only slightly as not to succumb too much to exhaustion
>Mid groove, the music stops
>Throw off your recording studio grade headphones in a rage
>Your hard drive has failed, your entire Shania collection, gone