Terence Eden14h ago
Amazon are killing off their old Kindles - notably the ones which still let you remove DRM from their ebooks.
I suspect that it is also because they can't connect to modern TLS servers.
A shame, although I was only using it for stripping DRM.
There are a few jailbreaks but the hardware and software is ancient, so I might have to repurpose mine as yet another semi-passive display.
#Amazon #Kindle #DRM
Show threadBob Hannent
@Edent
I wanted to buy an ebook for my son, I was surprised how expensive the open platform ones are.
It's holding me back.
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Show threadGary 10h ago

@bobdvb @Edent yeah, the Amazon devices are almost certainly loss leaders, even when you pay extra to have no ads.

Consider a second hand older Kindle and root it/put alternate firmware or reader app on it?

Show threadPetra van Cronenburg9h ago

@bobdvb I think that all readers are quite the same price in production, some companies like Amazon only subsidise them ...

With an epub reader you are already out of their prison ...

@Edent