Edit: Sheesh. Some of you folks need this.

Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages

up·lift·ing /ˌəpˈliftiNG/

adjective

adjective: uplifting

inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope. “an uplifting story of triumph over adversity”

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    27·
    10 days ago
    • public libraries are still there.
    • Book (physical) can still be purchased and fully owned, without any risk of them being remotely edited or deleted and without nay tracking of our reading habits.
    • Walking is still free, without any subscription required.
    • It is still legal to turn off one’s phone.
    • I love my spouse at least as much as I loved her when we first met almost 30 years ago. And, yep, she seems to kinda like me too ;)
    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
      3·
      10 days ago

      Ebooks can be purchased as well, with a little skill (or reading a tutorial) you can make it undeletable and uneditable as well.

      Source: My epub library growing day by day, synced between multiple devices by syncthing.

      • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        9 days ago

        Ebooks can be purchased as well, with a little skill (or reading a tutorial) you can make it undeletable and uneditable as well.

        You’re quite right (at least it used to be easy, I have not checked for some time how hard it is now to get rid of Apple’s and/or Amazon’s DRM… the two main DRM-locked ebook sellers), but keep in mind not everybody feels ok to not respect the rules and/or breach the contract they signed. Also there is no need to that at all with printed books.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        31·
        10 days ago

        Why go through the trouble of purchasing them with DRM and supporting that garbage and doing all the work to make them your own?

        Piracy is infinitely superior.

          • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
            11·
            9 days ago

            They already don’t get paid. Nearly every writer has to supplement their income with a paying job. Writers know this.

            Piracy doesn’t hurt the writers nearly as much as it hurts the publisher, and that’s the point. If publishers get hurt badly enough and can’t operate properly, then writers will find a different path, and go independent, and keep all the money for themselves. THEN I’d want to buy directly from the author.