On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued “Download and Transfer via USB” feature to archive your Kindle library.

  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
    20·
    4 days ago

    This is why I never once purchased a book from Amazon even though I have a Kindle.

    Pretty pumped to jailbreak it with the new jailbreak.

          • st3ph3n@midwest.socialEnglish
            11·
            4 days ago

            Run software they don’t approve of. Like alternate reading apps that don’t need you to pipe everything through an Amazon account, read formats they don’t support, etc.

            • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
              7·
              4 days ago

              Hi. Thank you for the info.

              I am looking for a new e-reader. Is there any reason why I should buy a Kindle and jailbreak it rather than get a PineNote, SuperNote, Nook device, Boox device, or a Kobo Libra?

              Or would you recommend something else?

              • RobotZap10000@feddit.nlEnglish
                3·
                4 days ago

                I was looking at the PineNote myself, but they stopped selling the developer version due to low demand. I’m afraid that it won’t be back until those who do own it finish writing the software for it.

                • SilentRampage34@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  4 days ago

                  According to their site and a couple others, they have recently started selling again and with what looks to be some variant of Debian on it.

              • st3ph3n@midwest.socialEnglish
                2·
                4 days ago

                I have a Boox Palma 2 - their cellphone-sized thing that doesn’t have a cellular radio. I love it. They’re more expensive than kindles, though, since they’re not subsidizing their cost with ebook sales. I haven’t actually tried jailbreaking a kindle so I can’t say how good an experience that would be, but you could probably pick up a kindle of some description on the used market for dirt cheap to try it out.

                • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
                  3·
                  4 days ago

                  The Palma was one of my top choices but I was thinking it might be a little small for me. It is one of the better looking devices.

                  I didn’t even think getting a used Kindle. New Kindle prices seem a little high for getting a locked system, so a used one is probably the most cost effective method.

                  Thanks for the suggestion.

                • EngineerGaming@feddit.nlEnglish
                  2·
                  4 days ago

                  And I have a bigger reader, since most of my library are pdf/djvu scans and they’d look unreadable on a screen any smaller.

    • spooky2092English
      4·
      4 days ago

      I’ll be done with audible the moment I stop being able to liberate and archive what I pay for.

      Until then, they’re helping me build my audiobookshelf