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Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

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Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

#31

Joke's on them, I keep the Kindle permanently on airplane mode anyway.

Not sure if you’re joking but is it possible to even do that? I understand some books are kept on their cloud servers and only some get downloaded.

No, you choose what is downloaded locally. You can also get .mobi files and copy them to the kindle directly.

Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

#33

14 years support window is so insanely good. But as it goes... You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.

My local library has some dead tree format books with a 500 year support window. Or dead animal or dead reed format books with more like a 2000-year support window.

Planned obsolescence is always bad.

Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

#34
Amazon's attitude towards its Kindle device customers is one of lofty disregard.

Every time they announce new Kindle products, half of the comments are like "I hope they have buttons," "I hope they bring back the Oasis," etc.

But they appear to exult in dashing the hopes of their customers, or at the very least they don't care about them at all. They've doubled down on no-key devices with stupid pens, pointless and poorly-implemented color, and tiny or excessively large form factors with little in between. It's kind of crazy just how much they don't seem to care.

The subtext of the article indicates that the problem isn't discontinuing support alone, but discontinuing support without offering those customers a reasonable replacement for their old devices that had keys and buttons. (Even if it's just a couple of buttons.)

Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

#35
I have a Kindle which I think is surviving this purge. But after looking at alternatives like the Kobo, I wondered where people got their books?

Ofc there's the high seas, but I'd quite like to support the authors and I can afford ~£10 for a book now and then. But are there any stores as good/convenient as the Amazon one?

Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

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post #35

I have a Kindle which I think is surviving this purge. But after looking at alternatives like the Kobo, I wondered where people got their books? Ofc there's the high seas, but I'd quite like to support the authors and I can afford ~£10 for a book now and then. But are there any stores as good/convenient as the Amazon one?

Inversely, try to use a kindle as a Korean.

Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

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post #35

I have a Kindle which I think is surviving this purge. But after looking at alternatives like the Kobo, I wondered where people got their books? Ofc there's the high seas, but I'd quite like to support the authors and I can afford ~£10 for a book now and then. But are there any stores as good/convenient as the Amazon one?

is the kobo store not good/convenient compared to kindle? I thought the kobo store was pretty good, but it is my first and only e-reader.

Re: Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers

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post #35

I have a Kindle which I think is surviving this purge. But after looking at alternatives like the Kobo, I wondered where people got their books? Ofc there's the high seas, but I'd quite like to support the authors and I can afford ~£10 for a book now and then. But are there any stores as good/convenient as the Amazon one?

I buy the books of my favorite authors on kindle store, while sailing the high seas to read the books on my Kobo. I don't buy all the books I read though.
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