Among these changes were forcing clients to merge their account to an Amazon one, forcing content creators to now go through Kindle Direct Publishing (the Comixology web store redirecting to Amazon), retiring DRM-free downloads, and changes to the web reader. On February 11th, the Comixology Twitter account announced a number of sweeping changes in their 4.0 update. Then, in the middle of February 2022, all hell broke loose. Little things like that can add up when a big business takes over and wants to stifle the competition. Meaning if you have one of those devices, you had to go directly to the Comixology website, purchase from there, then go back to the app on your Apple device. Signs that problems would be ahead emerged shortly after the Amazon purchase when options to buy through the iPad and iPhone were removed from the app’s storefront. Flash forward eight years later- Amazon is pushing Comixology into greater integration with the company, leading to issues that are finally being addressed. Amazon has been owner of Comixology, a digital comic distribution service, since 2014. If you thought the realm of comic books and digital comics was at least one area they didn’t have their hands in, you’d be mistaken. Leave it to Amazon to stir up controversy in their bid to dominate all forms of media.
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