Jae

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Edent/116367891507649986

The bit that boils the blood here is the way they specifically say "14 to 18 years after their initial launches", like they're reproaching customers for hanging onto their old kit for so long, when what they're actually doing is intentionally breaking products that were still working, to force people to buy new ones

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Show threadJae5h ago
A lesson they've presumably learned from Microsoft's conversion of tens of millions of perfectly functional laptops into landfill last year (and *yes*, I *know*, you could install Linux instead, and that's precisely what I've done with our laptop in that category, but let's get real about what happened to most of those laptops)
Show threadHollieK2h ago
@considermycat I've just bought a new computer because my last one won't update to Windows 11. Just had to check what generation Kindle Paperwhite I had, but at least that's not on the list.
Show threadAnyia, geeky 🏳️‍⚧️ girl1h ago

@considermycat they silently bricked the hand-me-down top-of-the-line-but-old Kindle I got from my partner years ago. How? They changed the server end to no longer support the login method. Like, seriously?! And this only got brought to light after the third or so support person I interacted with.

That was the day I decided that I would never use an Amazon device again.