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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.

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[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 11 points 4 months ago (9 children)

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.pub 7 points 4 months ago (8 children)

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.nl 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

Oh... I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know.

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