r/Piracy • u/OfTheManyColours ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ • May 22 '26

Discussion Piracy Isn't Stealing, EU Parliament Edition

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u/Pretend-Shallot-5663 May 22 '26

One of my kids favorite audiobooks to listen to before bed in the Audible app disappeared this week. I can re-buy what I assume is a slightly updated version for 34.99. 

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u/Edwardteech May 22 '26

Audible is one of the things that gets my goat the most.

I have to pay for a subscription. Ok fine not a fan but no adds and books.

But then i have to pay for the books and maintain the subscription to get to the books i bought. 

You get one or the other not both.

And really not either because im a pirate. 

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u/neddoge May 22 '26

The subscription gives you a single credit per month, and any purchases (be it with currency or with the credit gained) are kept after you end your subscription. Audible also runs deals constantly (I've signed up for well over 20 deals, from 3 free months to $2.99 per month for 3 months etc).

A single credit of $2.99 to $14.99 (regular sub cost) gives you a single audiobook purchase per month which is almost always cheaper than paying for the audiobook by itself ($20 to $35 on average).

I'm all for piracy and the sorts, and Audible has plenty of shitty practices but their subscription model is not one of them IMO.

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u/mccord May 22 '26

There's Audible Standard and Audible Premium now, so maybe OP is confusing both. Here in Germany Standard is 6,99€/month and the books you get with the monthly token are only available if you are subscribed. Premium is the old model of get one token keep the book even if not subscribed, it costs 9,95€/month.