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At 150 eurobucks apiece, printed freshman coursebooks were prohibitively expensive in uni. We just pirated everything as a consequence.

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At my university in actual Europe, many copies of the required textbooks were available in the library. Printing was free.

That's the whole point. They don't care about students or education, they care about wasting resources and making a lot of money in the process.

some do and some don't. the "outrage" button is appropriate for the first part (don't care about students; waste resources to increase profits), but destructive for the second (we do care about students; we use resources in the classroom). It is hard to discuss this important topic when things go to "yelling" immediately?

> They don't care about students or education, they care about wasting resources and making a lot of money in the process.

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