Oh fuck; KKR bought OverDrive

Oonekade.bsky.socialSep 20, 2024 10:55pm

Reading this and contemplating what I can do about it ninelives.karawynnlong.com/the-coming-e...

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

My library also uses Hoopla and I've been much happier with that service for a while

Dammit. I go by what was once a wildly profitable toys r us all the time. They’re gonna F this up so badly.

I remember when they bought Safeway back in the 90s and one of the founders of it walked our strike line for an hour or so with us.

Over a year ago! And, yes, Overdrive has suffered. And, the Libby app is much worse than Overdrive was.