Amazon kills old Kindles.

[rbmath@mathstodon.xyz]

@mikecane @pluralistic for anyone that has one of these, there's free open source software: https://calibre-ebook.com/ that allows you to manage files on these devices and buy ebooks from other sources.

I have done so for years on my Kindle, which has not left airplane mode in about 5 years.

You can continue to use the devices, and not give Amazon any more money, if you wish.

[ridetheory@mastodon.social]

@mikecane @pluralistic Literally everything on my antique Kindle is from @gutenberg_org, and I have a library card, so I'm good.

[wariat@mastodon.social]

@mikecane

CC: @rdrozd

[sch00b@masto.bike]

@mikecane @pluralistic jailbreak your kindle
https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/WinterBreak/

Install KOreader https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki

You can read freely now

[sowa@mastodon.com.pl]

@sch00b @mikecane @pluralistic I have jailbreak and using koreader on my kindle and it’s so much better than default software provided by amazon

[gutenberg_org@mastodon.social]

@ridetheory @mikecane @pluralistic Enjoy your readings!!

#ebooks #publicdomain

[eickot@mastodon.social]

@rbmath @mikecane @pluralistic and with the correct configuration, it can rip of drms from the books, I use it to move the books from my kindle to my tolino/kobo

[ramkay@mastodon.social]

@rbmath @mikecane @pluralistic

When i did have a kindle i used calibre extensively ans never ever got on to amazon or the net.

Still use calibre for managing my books.

An excellent software , just love it.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@rk @mikecane @pluralistic

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936268845/apple-agrees-to-pay-113-million-to-settle-batterygate-case-over-iphone-slowdowns

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67911517

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batterygate

https://medium.com/@jackjelkovac/planned-obsolescence-why-you-should-stop-buying-iphones-5135bf4073ed

https://undergradlawreview.blog.fordham.edu/consumer-protection/the-product-ecosystem-and-planned-obsolescence-apples-threats-to-consumer-rights/

https://www.brusselstimes.com/1004336/planned-obsolescence-apple-sued-for-deliberately-slowing-down-iphones-in-belgium

Kill switches come in many forms.

Apple is paid by petrostate despots to increase planned obsolescence & surveillance-enabled newer devices. It's a monumental waste.

Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got a rare tour inside Apple's new $5 billion campus

Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got to see the inside of Apple's new $5 billion campus.

Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)

تم رفض الوصول

(english.alarabiya.net)

https://durabilitymatters.com/planned-obsolescence/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_timer

https://www.404media.co/big-tech-lobbyist-stunned-people-think-planned-obsolescence-conspiracy-is-real/

[webkitten@tech.lgbt]

@mikecane My kingdom for an *actual* Linux mobile/tablet OS (not Android) that can be flashed onto older hardware.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

2/

We tend to ignore how much wasteful energy usage is tied up in an economy that relies on planned obsolescence.

Imagine a world where Apple made devices that lasted 10 years instead of 18 months.

How much fossil fuel would NOT be purchased?

Keeping consumers tied to a product longevity cycle that is deliberately shortened is lining the pockets of oil oligarchs & petrostate despots.

The same folks frying the planet & funding fascist movements.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

3/

The #enshittification economy depends on oil that prods consumers to buy new, very often.

What happens when the most corrupt industry on the planet decides an AI-surveillance platform & kill switches embedded in every device is what they need to keep their lock on power?

This artificially amplified demand throws away perfectly adequate rare earth minerals & justifies wars to loot other nations' natural resources.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/trump-lauder-ukraine-lithium.html

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-attract-179-million-u-s-investment-in-key-lithium-deposit/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shevchenko_deposit

[peachfront@toot.community]

@mikecane @pluralistic

Kindle sales peaked in 2015 because no one uses them anymore, tablets & phones do that job & much more

be that as it may, one of my Kindles was bought & registered in 2011, someone else shared a link about how to "jailbreak" it but i couldn't understand the directions

i'm thinking now the thing to do is just to fill it up with as many books as possible & keep it as a backup???

right now it has 122 pieces of vintage fanfiction + some classics...

[ninestonesclose@mastodon.social]

@mikecane @pluralistic #fuckamazon anyway.

[wafflesies@infosec.exchange]

@mikecane @pluralistic luckily you can just jailbreak such an old kindle and get all your books you bought from zlib