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Well - I've got some stuff that I bought from Audible. But I just rent it. Worse, I cancelled my account because of this crappy DRM in the past (got a new one now) and that seems to mean that I will never again be able to listen to the books I purchased.

Right now I'm listening to an audiobook. I would LOVE to listen to that on my Linux machine. How..? I would DEFINITELY prefer not to lose that access (again?), when I decide that the subscription for crappy DRM'd content isn't worth my money.



It's a long time since I cancelled my Audible account. There was a lot of stuff that annoyed me about Audible, such as the fact you couldn't roll over credits to the next month and difficulty cancelling being two. However in fairness to them I can still log in and download from my library there. Also the one human I interacted with there was very helpful in getting me cancelled.


For what it's worth, they do allow credit roll-over now (up to some limit).

Still, I'm annoyed at the DRM, I can't listen to what I want where I want, and there are alternative DRM-free alternatives, so I'm also seriously considering cancelling my account. Glad to hear they still let you access your previous purchases (it was my main worry).




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