#luckily i share a separate accoutn with my sister where we pool our ebooks for a bigger collection we can both read

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hey so important heads up for users of amazon (especially if you have your ebooks through amazon):

if your account is locked (such as because of repeated failed login attempts from an unrecognized device, as an example), the ONLY way to unlock it is by providing information about your recent amazon purchases that have been made within the past year. if you have made no amazon purchases within the last year, there is no way to unlock your account.

in other words, if you have for example your entire ebook collection associated with your amazon account and that's your only way to access it, and you don't purchase something for a year, and amazon arbitrarily locks you out for some reason, you will permanently lose access to ALL your books with zero recourse.

I spoke to a customer service person at amazon today to try to unlock my account, who explained that in the system on her end there is NO other option to unlock an account except verifying the recent purchases, and if there hasn't been a purchase recently enough that option isn't available to them to access.

so uh. fuck amazon to hell for their ability to steal all your books at random and give you no way to get them back.

#luckily i share a separate accoutn with my sister where we pool our ebooks for a bigger collection we can both read #and the account i got locked out of was my personal account #so like in my case I didn't lose anything except my wishlist and record of what seller I bought my favourite keyboard from #but like jfc now I'm like. what will happen if this ever happens to my ebook account???? #like fuck me guess it's time to figure out if I can download an actual file for the books from amazon #and start keeping all the actual files of the actual books on my storage hard drive #like for FUCK'S sake there's nothing these days you buy digitally that is actually YOURS #always a middle man holding access who can steal your goddamn shit from you at any time #makes me insane #like sorry that I don't want to participate in a fucking protection racket where I have to pay amazon a yearly tithe #to guarantee my continued access to the items I literally purchased and own #me posting