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[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 68 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Specifically:

When you plug them into USB into your PC or MAC, they no longer appear as external drives.

For anyone else who's confused at the title

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Critically, while they wont appear as drives, they will appear as MTP devices (the same way Android phones do) and will still allow you to transfer files. The communication protocol is different, but "New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers" isn't true unless your OS of choice doesn't support MTP.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok, but can you still transfer your own books through MTP?

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 5 points 1 week ago

It must have been a slow day at the news office. Literally nothing special to write about, so this article was slapped together.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ya I thought it was talking about advertising them or something

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

We could only hope.