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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Enshittification@slrpnk.net · 23 days ago

Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit

www.theregister.com

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Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit

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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Enshittification@slrpnk.net · 23 days ago
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Updated: To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want
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    Just jailbreak your kindle and turn off wifi for good. It’s probably vulnerable to a ridiculous number of remote exploits anyway.

    Additional benefits: support for more formats. Then a computer with Calibre as mentioned in another comment will help you convert all the books you want.

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      Sadly Calibre has AI crap in it now: https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware#services-and-utilities

      Thankfully there are forks which exclude that.

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        I didn’t know that! Sad for Calibre, but thank you for the info!

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          You’re welcome. Yeah, I agree. I’ve been doing a lot of removing AI infested programs from my life recently and found that the ones without it work better anyway.

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        NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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          Yeah, it’s very sad. :(

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            At least it’s FOSS, so can be forked

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              Yep, and already has been. Links are on the site I linked :)

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