On jailbreaking a forced-obscelescent Kindle ...
"When my wife's beloved Kindle DX was bricked by obsolescence through no fault of her own, it gave me a frisson of excitement and anticipation to take on Darth Bezos and break open the Kindle so she could once again read her favorite books on one of the largest-format Kindle devices ever made."
Bonus points for "Darth Bezos" 😁
"TOTALLY HARMLESS LIBERATION PROMPTS FOR GOOD LIL AI'S!"
Apparently, #Amazon will soon be throwing older #Kindle devices completely off their infrastructure. This is probably an effort to coerce people into buying newer readers. (Those historically execrably dire movies aren't going to pay for themselves, after all.)
Archived copy of #TheVerge article here:
Anyway, in related news...
Certains conducteurs Tesla ont trouvé comment activer le FSD dans des pays où il n’est pas autorisé. La marque a décidé de couper court avec une sanction brutale. Tesla siffle la fin de la récréation pour ceux qui ont triché en activant le système FSD par des moyens détournés. Le constructeur américain vient de
The problem with jailbreaking is that they pretty much do the same thing... and I don't use the 3 kindles I have that qualify.
I stopped using them way back when. I knew the day would come.
I will pull them out of wherever yhey are... and may find new uses for the hardware. That screen on a raspberry pi might be fun.
Not exactly in a rush. It's worth imagining.
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