This fat piece of shit needs to drop dead already.

Wish it had Goodreads metadata option and the ability for the admin to send ebooks to other users. Those are the things currently keeping me from being able to stop running calibre as well.

Total rip.

It generally means to degrade a product to maximize profits for shareholders. In this case, it is very likely to be done by locking content or quality of life features behind microtransactions. That is the usual trend with games made by developers after Tencent invests. Hopefully it will just be cosmetics, or just being able to unlock things easier then in game, but even that can be a slippery slope considering they may increase the grind required to absurd levels in order to push people to spend money.

I find it more frustrating when someone has already had the issue and received an answer, but unfortunately the solution is a link to a Microsoft forum that no longer exists.