That was an interesting read.

If you wanna own your audiobooks you might wanna check out https://libro.fm/ - they allow you to download the bought audiobook without drm.
I gladly accept tips for similar sites when it comes to buying ebooks.

I bought my first ebook from amazon

Just don’t do that. If you give money to this company, they’ll continue to go down the path they’re on. Enshitification.