RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116377687987470957

“But you can still read your existing books! And jailbreak it to upload more!”

Imagine having a car that the manufacturer one day just declares that you can’t put gas in anymore.

To get gas you’d have to cut a hole into your car so you can sneak some in bypassing the inlet. But you can’t go to real gas stations anymore so you have to get gas in a back alley from some random guy.

@thomasfuchs or... let people choose the software even for the new devices, because they've already paid for the device itself. Kindles are great; the official software that runs on them, on the other hand... put me off reading on it for several years