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[–] MareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mine couldn't for some time now. You can't download them as files and transfer them. Amazon has become unusable for books at this point.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's crazy to think that Amazon literally started as a book store.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Google was a search engine. Shit is crazy.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

R.I.P. Irony (100,00 BCE - 2025)

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Yay, enshittification

Not to mention the super abusive stance of Amazon to writers and publishers, the sooner people stop buying Kindles and giving Amazon their money, the better.