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Audible
| Basic information |
| Founded
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1995 |
| Legal Structure
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Subsidiary |
| Industry
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Entertainment |
| Official website
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https://www.audible.com/ |
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Consumer-impact summary
Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
- User Freedom
- User Privacy
- Business Model
- Market Control
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Audiobook monopoly
Affects consumers, authors, and publishers
Incidents
Using credits to subsidize streaming service
- Main article: Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits
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Alleged enrollment of Amazon customers
- Main article: Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent
Amazon, and Audible by extension, is currently under a pending class-action lawsuit due to allegedly enrolling Amazon customers into the Audible subscription without permission. This is possible due to Amazon's forced retention of payment methods in which the company holds customers' card information for "faster checkout."
Encouraging AI use
Audible openly encourages AI use with the understanding ding that indie authors who self-publish may rely heavily on AI for content generation and book quantity. This leads some to speculate that Audible is diluting the pool of author royalties.
Products
This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.
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See also
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