Gerry McGovern1d ago

Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store.

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-pulls-support-for-perfectly-fine-older-kindles/

Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store.

WIRED
Show threadPatrick O'Beirne
@gerrymcgovern Working perfectly fine after 14 years? They won't make that mistake again.
Apr 9 at 1:06pmWeb
Show threadDouwe1d ago
@PatrickOBeirne @gerrymcgovern but what is it that is being killed? Don't the devices just continue working perfectly fine to read side-loaded books?
(i never had a kindle and don't know how closed it is)
Show threadPatrick O'Beirne1d ago
@douwe @gerrymcgovern
I've no idea about sideloading. We have an old one and had to upgrade a couple of years ago.