Audible is owned by Amazon, whose misconducts deserve an article of its own. Furthermore, Audible uses Digital Rights Management (DRM) to restrict the usage of their audiobooks. Luckily there are more ethical alternatives, online and offline.
LibriVox
LibriVox is a collection of DRM-free audiobooks of public domain books. The audiobooks are read by volunteers, released into the public domain, and provided at no charge to everyone.
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Libro.fm
Libro.fm offers DRM-free audiobooks while also supporting local bookstores.
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Public Libraries
The most ethical way of getting your hands on a book is borrowing it from your local public library. It’s free, it’s the best for the environment and libraries are perhaps the only public spaces left where you can sit, read and relax for as long as you want (i.e. exist) without buying anything.
Modern libraries also lend ebooks, audiobooks, DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs and sometimes even video games. They usually cost nothing to join, your local council’s website will tell you where your nearest library is.