Amazon turns older Kindle e-readers into (almost) useless paperweights

[Redaktion]

Amazon is ending support for numerous Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets in May. After a deadline has passed, it will no longer be possible to load new e-books onto the affected Kindle models, effectively turning them into paperweights.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Amazon-turns-older-Kindle-e-readers-into-almost-useless-paperweights.1269343.0.html

[bootless]

Especially gutting after they removed the ability to download ebooks you've bought from their store and transfer over USB in February 2024.

[Sim0leru372]

You can use Calibre to put books onto a Kindle via USB
 

[Dark Oopa]

And that is why you should not buy this crap and things that are in a tight closed ecosystem.

I chose a Kobo for this reason.

[N.]

After a deadline has passed, it will no longer be possible to load new e-books onto the affected Kindle models, effectively turning them into paperweights. - this is absolute nonsense, you've always been able to download books into kindle off your computer, via regular usb cable. Yes, it's a (minor) pain to have to convert them into this stupid, closed azw3 format, but callibre does that in little time.