Kindle (Basic)

Fun fact, Amazon once (in 2009) removed this book remotely from Kindle readers. I don’t remember specific, probably something about copyright issue, but it’s literally the worst book to do this with.

Reminder that you don't actually own any of the content Amazon provides. They can cut off access at any time, for any reason. Convert everything you care about. Of course you don't own anything that runs on the device you are reading this on either .... but that's a different problem https://joelhoo

I don't know, but I'd speculate that ads are what this is all about. The older devices probably can't support the kind of ads and spyware Amazon would like to load onto Kindles (and run in the background). These are the "updates" they're talking about. I've read journalists unskeptically yammering o

I removed the drm from all of my Amazon books before they killed download and transfer with USB functions from within the store. I’ve got a kindle I still use and a kobo I use more - neither ever connect to the internet anymore. I’m never buying again from any company that doesn’t let me download un

I still do not understand how people gloss over this so easily. You do not own anything on your kindle. You do not own the digital games, movies or anything on Amazon. At any time Amazon can remove anything you have and you can do nothing. It is all worded that what you pay for is a license to use t

I don't know what kinda size this kindle is but I highlyyy recommed a kobo, just as a product generally since it supports sideloading and also as a way to stop giving money to amazon. The cheapest kobo is much cheaper than this kindle, but again I don't know what the size difference is so maybe they

Your situation is exactly why I won't get a kindle, well one of the many Amazon for used reasons. Now Amazon has even talked about getting into the library space, which is concerning for Libby if it were to happen.

Things like this are going to continue as long as people are continuing to buy kindles and kindle books through Amazon. They don't have the market cornered the way they think they do. I switched to Kobo last year and will never own another kindle. Much more user friendly and overall better experienc

Amazon has been pushing AI generated crap for children’s books heavily on kindle.

Jokes on amazon here, eventually. As they try to tighten their grip, they’ll continue to lose customers. Probably a drop in the bucket (or rain forest if I’m going for a good pun), but I’ll never buy a kindle book again. And whenever it comes time to get a new er-eader, sure as hell it won’t be an a