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The introduction of platforms, and especially publisher-platform partnerships, has created new forms of legal and technological lock-in on the publisher side, with dependencies on platform infrastructure posing serious barriers to publishers independently selling ebooks directly to consumers. Platforms have few incentives to support direct sales models that do not require licensing, as those models do not easily support tracking user behavior.

The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy

nyuengelberg.org

The average age of the 2020 CTWC’s top eight players was 17 years old. The youngest player was 13-year-old Michael “Dog” Artiaga,

Teens Are Rewriting What Is Possible in the World of Competitive Tetris

polygon.com

Approach information and information-processing devices with your eyes open.

Just Say No (To Content): Nietzsche’s Surprising “Information Diet”

arstechnica.com

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