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Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit (www.theregister.com)
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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Jailbroke my old Kindle, and disabled updates. It's way better now. With the custom reader, I can just connect it straight to Calibre and copy books over via WiFi with no bother. Disabled ads and have custom screensavers too.

If anyone has an old Kindle, and is upset about this, I'd suggest to have a look to see if yours can be jailbroken.

[–] bmeffer@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How old does the kindle need to be?

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

According to this page, you can jailbreak Kindles going all the way back to the first generation. The older you go the less features may be available to you, however definitely have a look at your model number there.\

There seems to be a firmware version that is incompatible, however that page should provide some more information about it.