Does your public library use Overdrive/Libby for ebooks or audiobooks? ⚠️
In the US and Canada, the answer is probably yes. And you should speak to your library staff and commission about it.
Libby is now owned by a private equity firm & making sketchy changes: https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/
The latest development is that their overbroad privacy policy allows them to sell your borrowing history to advertisers: https://infosec.exchange/@longobord/112243098104196246
Thank you @karawynn and @longobord!
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries drybuttondown.email
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in reply to Josh Simmons • • •#Library #Workers in #Tacoma will tell you our mngmt is keeping us well apprised of the #Enshittification of #Ebooks & the escalating conditions restricting free access
Problem is that we're/they're bound by our #Nonprofit #PublicSector status to avoid discussing #capitalism as a problem or naming the political party responsible for this state of affairs
@pluralistic, please advise...