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Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued "Download and Transfer via USB" feature to archive your Kindle library.

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[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 points 1 month ago

If this doesn't help physical book sales, nothing will.

[-] st3ph3n@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

This is why I have an Android e-ink device. I can put the kindle app on it for anything from their shitty walled garden, but I also can put pretty much anything else I want on it too.

[-] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I wonder if this is at all related to the EU changes to eBook DRM standards, where the standard Kindle Adobe DRM isn't compliant

[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm so in love with Anna.....

[-] c5e3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

i buy most ebooks from a small local bookstore. for the rest there's still zlib

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