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Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit (www.theregister.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 76 points 7 months ago* (9 children)

Amazon is "discontinuing support for Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier"

And here's my Sony PRS-505 from 2008 - released four years earlier - it still works fine, can read .epub and .pdf, is extendable to 32GB capacity by two memory cards and moddable with a custom Linux distribution (PRS Plus).

It also doesn't have WiFi, so no one can remotely delete 1984 from your library. Fuck you, Amazon.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Absolutely jealous of that, I have a touchpad one but yours is antique beauty

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago*

    I absolutely love this thing. It's a solid block of metal and will probably live longer than me. It chokes on ePubs with embedded fonts sometimes (64MB of memory is not a lot), but with Calibre you can strip them out and then they all work fine.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Hey fellow 505 owner! It really is the best damn e-reader I could imagine, I bought mine back in 2009 and it is still perfect... Well except the case, it's been peeling and looking rough for a good decade now.

    Interestingly 1984 was the first book I read on it, but I agree, Fuck Amazon!

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I tried finding a good case, but all of them are just rotten at this point. I even got the one with the integrated nightlight and it turned into literal dust in my hands.

    At this point I am honestly considering making my own, out of some leather. It can't be that difficult, can it? :D

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    That is a way better idea than what I've had tumbling around. I was thinking about using that tape meant for the back of couches to fix rips and just adding a couple bands around the case with it.

    I love when electronics are built well enough to sustain 15+ years of use and abuse.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I did not know this thing existed lol. I have an older Kindle, not sure when I got it but it's gotta be close to 10 years old. I didn't read the article yet but it still works as far as I'm aware. I primarily use it for loading PDFs and epubs and the like.

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