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The Kindles still work. They still power on. They still have the books that were downloaded. You can still load new books manually.
They are not e-waste by any definition of the word. You just no longer have access to the Amazon store.
I'm not being kind to them, I'm pointing out that the only thing that happened was owners lost access to an online store. Everything else about the device still works.
The lawsuit is straight up wrong on nearly every claim they make about the devices no longer working. They work just like they did before, just with no built-in store. It's an ereader, and it still functions as an ereader.
I don't have one, so I don't know if the claims are true or not, it seems like you do and I'll have to take your word for it. My comment is addressing the philosophy of how these devices are typically designed, I'm not in a position to argue about the merits of this specific instance.