Post #1260056
2026-04-08 22:38 UTC
I get that there are security concerns, and thirteen years of service is ... decent by modern standards I guess, but Amazon telling owners of functional devices that they are no longer welcome to give them money still feels like wild work.
I need to check how old my Kindle is (not that it matters since apparently there's a doom coming), but it's a lot cheaper to continue to use it and load books from other sources than buy a new one, and if I do replace it it probably won't be from Amazon's ecosystem. Good job there.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/starting-in-may-pre-2013-kindles-wont-be-able-to-buy-or-download-new-books/
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@howdyimjason@mastodon.social 2026-04-09 08:08
@Brett I've had this issue with Nintendo, I love their ds-3ds stuff, its really annoying to get those games legally. Companies dont like selling products that people like when they have something worse on the market. I dont know what Amazon is selling, I avoid the evil company when I can, but I do know Nintendo is being scummy right now.