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At least for the kindle platform, they've stopped offering a USB option a while ago, precisely to keep people from circumventing their planned obsolescence.
What a bunch of cunts jesus fucking christ
Did the firmware expire or something? How would it know to prevent USB transfers if it's the same OS as before? If you have to have it online when you're uploading or something I guess that would be the way. I've never owned a kindle so I'm not really sure. My old af nook still takes books through the micro USB slot fine.
They’ve misunderstood. They’re referring to the function where customers could download the book files directly instead of in the app, and then transfer the files to their kindle.
No misunderstanding, that's precisely what I meant and linked to.
At least with kindle books bought from amazon you have to use their own software to transfer. They stopped the old app working which could download books to your computer so now they just have to check if the kindle it is connecting to is attached to your account and on a software version they support.
Absolute cunt behavior. Glad I have an old one then.
Old or new, doesn't matter. They stopped allowing you to download books licensed ("sold") through the kindle shop in order to prevent you from putting them onto your device via cable.
...which makes "cunt behaviour" even more accurate. ;)
Sailing the seas it is then