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[-] Holyginz@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I would feel more sympathy if textbooks weren't hundreds of dollars and didn't have new revisions coming out every year meaning you can't use older revisions and can't sell them for shit after you are done with them.

[-] thesmokingman@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

The current scam is expensive access to an online system for homework that is only sold with the textbook.

[-] Holyginz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Jesus. Anything to milk the students for as much money as possible while putting in as little as they possibly can.

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