Mastodawn

Finally have time to read @pluralistic’s “Enshittification”. Really late to the party but love Cory’s work so I’m thrilled. And it’s a lovely spring evening here in Montana.
Irony of using a kindle — partly solved by it being jailbroken and buying the book from @craphound

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Paul Rietschka 1d ago

@jolness @pluralistic @craphound It's so tiny.

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Jacob Olness 1d ago

@prietschka @pluralistic @craphound it’s an *old* kindle paperwhite! I think it’s a 2018 model. I want one with a bigger screen but it works fine (battery life is still insanely good) and it fits in my back pocket which is nice for the rare occasions I don’t have my backpack with me. I’ve done so much research about e-readers but I don’t want to give amazon money and other options like Kobo have their own downsides.

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G̸u̸a̸l̸t̸i̸e̸r̸o̸1d ago

@jolness @prietschka @pluralistic

Probably time to snatch some at giveaway prices and get down with jailbreaking 🤭

https://www.theverge.com/tech/908302/amazon-ending-support-kindle-fire-tablet-e-reader-pre-2012-older

Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires

Amazon is ending support for several Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier, including the original model from 2007.

The Verge

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Chris Hodges

@ggrey @jolness @prietschka @pluralistic
Or just stay offline and upload from Gutenberg etc. over USB. That's how I've been using my old kindle keyboard for years (I occasionally read new stuff in the kindle app on my phone, but prefer paper).