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Amazon Illegally ‘Bricked’ Older Kindle Models, Class Action Suit Claims (www.classaction.org)

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As much as I hate amazon - those devices are really really old. I own two of those and both happily download from my calibre library now.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's about Amazon not having disclosed this artificial end of life at the time of the purchase

Critically, the case claims that Amazon did not disclose to consumers at the time of purchase that the devices’ core functionality—that is, continued access to digital content on the Kindle Store—and users’ ability to update software could be reduced or eliminated for any reason at any time without a full refund of the purchase price.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

That depends on whether you consider store access "core functionality". The devices still work, your existing purchases on the device are still there, and you can still load book onto them manually. And that doesn't even get into jail breaking and alternate store options.

It's an ereader, it still functions as an ereader, and you can still add new books, just not through the Amazon store. Sure seems like the "core functionality" is intact.