misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAmazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle bookswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·2 months agoWhile I don’t disagree, I still think using a Kindle device is stupid. No reason that they can’t just go ‘oh we didn’t sell those books, we should clean up all that unauthorized content’ at some point in the future. Buy something that’s not made by Amazon, even if it costs a bit more or has worse features, because well, they’re not to be trusted. (Or custom non-connected firmware if that’s a thing for Kindles. Never really looked so no idea if that’s a thing.)
minus-squareJacksonLamb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI have both. My kindle’s old and I just keep it permanently on airplane mode and sideload it.
minus-squarePsychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago No reason that they can’t just go ‘oh we didn’t sell those books, we should clean up all that unauthorized content’ at some point in the future. On our personal devices? That’s illegal where I am and I doubt they even have the capability to do that currently, anyway Or custom non-connected firmware Just don’t connect to the Internet and use Calibre to manage your library, there’s no need for custom firmware
While I don’t disagree, I still think using a Kindle device is stupid.
No reason that they can’t just go ‘oh we didn’t sell those books, we should clean up all that unauthorized content’ at some point in the future.
Buy something that’s not made by Amazon, even if it costs a bit more or has worse features, because well, they’re not to be trusted.
(Or custom non-connected firmware if that’s a thing for Kindles. Never really looked so no idea if that’s a thing.)
I have both. My kindle’s old and I just keep it permanently on airplane mode and sideload it.
On our personal devices? That’s illegal where I am and I doubt they even have the capability to do that currently, anyway
Just don’t connect to the Internet and use Calibre to manage your library, there’s no need for custom firmware