Taggart Aug 5, 2023
Well that sucks. The company behind Libby/Overdrive has been acquired by the same group that gutted Toys R Us: https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

This is exceptionally bad news for libraries, which already strain against corpo nonsense to deliver digital materials.
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

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Show threadCrystal Huff (they/them)
@mttaggart @ULTRAGOTHA fuck. I only just got into Libby this year, and it's been indispensable for reading while gardening. đŸ˜­
Aug 6, 2023 at 4:57amWeb
Show threadTaggart Aug 6, 2023
@crystalvisits @ULTRAGOTHA Libby is great—at least it was. Although now I'm deeply curious what data it's sending where.