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Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books (goodereader.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sailorzoop@lemmy.librebun.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Are there any good "open" alternatives to the Paperwhite? I've been drooling over getting an e-ink reader for like a month straight now. https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/kindle-models.html
Most of the current models can be jailbroken, but I'd definitely rather another route. (Not having to deal with checking second-hand market seller's firmware versions etc)

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

PocketBook if you want openness and long runtime (book-replacement), it runs plain Linux.

Kobo/Onyx if you want Android flexibility, with possibility to flash LineageOS/PostmarketOS (though they're slow for tablet use).

But personally, if you're not using it to transcript notes (recommendation Remarkable) or want more than merely reading books, i would go with a tablet.

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 7 points 3 weeks ago

My kindle is from 2011, got it for free from someone getting rid of it. It's old and dumb as shit and Amazon fortunately doesn't care about it anymore.

Since I got it, it never had an Amazon DRM-ed e-book loaded on it. I intend to keep it that way.

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bad corporate behaviour is a political problem.

Here we are talking about technological solutions for political problems. Why?

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[–] melfie@lemy.lol 6 points 3 weeks ago

It’s a weird concept that you buy a device and then have to find an exploit that hasn’t been patched in order to do what you like with it as though you’re a hacker trying to breach someone else’s system, but it’s actually your own system you’re trying to breach.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Impossible? So cameras and OCR don't work anymore?

If a human can see it, it can be pirated

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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So happy I just exported my collection last week and have closed forever my Amazon account the same day.

I must say, escaping Amazon is the significant action I took in my life that was completely inconsequent on my daily living.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Amazon is making it impossible for me to consider a Kindle.

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