Message from Amazon about my much loved Kindle

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Just got this email this morning. Absolutely gutted - my kindle was bought for me by my ds for Christmas 2011 when he was a student- still works perfectly.

What "rules"? There are no more updates. It takes a lot of money and time to develop updates for old devices. 14 years is a HUGE amount of time for a device to be supported, and it's amazing that it's even still going.

Not everything is a drama. Not everything means people are working against you or trying to trick you. It just doesn't make good business sense to keep providing these updates. They're losing more than they're gaining. It's fair.

Jailbreak it

https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/

I’m contemplating getting a Kobo but I’m not technically competent enough to move existing content across and I have well over £1,000 worth of books on my Kindle. It’s awful that you don’t own them in any permanent sense.

Things are complicated for me because I’ve emigrated but if I change the my country in my profile (I can still buy from different regional Amazons) - I will apparently lose access to all my books so I’ve still got my setting as a U.K. address.

I’d happily pay someone to do it for me. I think it is possible but quite complicated.

Kindles use e-ink so the page looks like a book page and doesn’t cause eye strain. It’s not the same as reading on a tablet. I read a huge amount on Kindle. I don’t read books on phone or tablet unless I have forgotten it or am just reading for 10 mins or so.

I have two kindles registered to my account and only the older one is affected by this change but the offer of a discount code almost tempted me to replace my 2015 one even though it’s entirely serviceable (bar diminished battery life). Smart move on Amazon’s part as suspect others who have multiple devices registered may end up doing the same. I’ve talked myself out of it for now.

Swines. That'll affect me.

This must be the most perfectly MN comment I've ever read. How many dinners do you get out of a chicken?

@LilyBunch25 they are swines, aren't they? Fuckers.

@Bjorkdidit thank you, you've just saved me an extra £30, I was going to buy the ad free one but ads just on the sleep screen I can definitely put up with.

I'm glad I saw this thread before I had the dubious pleasure of opening their fucking mealymouthed email. Getting the news from mumsnetters first makes it a tad easier to deal with.

@FortyFacedFuckers thank you, too. Going straight for that one and not giving it any more headspace.

Grrr.

Matcha green it is! 💚

I know what you mean, but this was all about kindles. While I don't agree they should become unusable after a certain time, you still have access to all the books you bought through either a new kindle, tablet or phone.

So the books persist, it's the device that becomes obsolete.

Not really. If you think of the Kindle as the record or dvd player. The kindle may wear out but you still have access to the 'books' through a number of different devices. So the tech may move on but the books will remain. In fact that's the advantage over physical media like dvds.

Ohhh I’m gutted! My kindle has a keyboard and it’s own built in 3G. It’s a bit like our sandwich toaster- I forget about it for months, remember it’s there, become addicted to it for a few weeks then start the cycle again!

I upgraded mine for £10 recently. And yes I think the ads are just in the sleep screen but it annoyed me when I opened it so I paid to upgrade

The 3G signal is in the process of being switched off, this year, so you’ll sadly lose connectivity very shortly - most providers have already completed their shutdown, I think O2 is just about finished and that’s the last one.

3G Kindles also have wifi though so unless you don't have access to wifi, it's a bit of a pointless feature.

From what I've seen the ads are only for book recommendations so I actually found it quite useful and they are only on the sleep screen, so not at all imposing

I got the email too and am rather sad. I love my Kindle. I bought my husband a newer one and neither he nor I like it. He rarely uses it as it’s functionality just frustrates him.

I have a kindle keyboard that still worked just fine. Fuckers.

Though I have been reading a lot using the kindle app lately as I love me an infinite scroll. If one of the new kindles had that I'd one but they don’t. Woe.

If you trade in your old one you also get 20% off your text one !

Four/five portions, usually two different meals, but DH eats a lot! Plus a batch of soup in winter!

I did pass along my original Kindle to my mum when the first paperwhite came out but I have completely lost the habit of reading physical books, except cookbooks so I habitually use the Kindle.

Also got this- my kindle in fairness is 1st generation paperwhite.
Whatever I do I definitely will not use the phone reading app as the whole thing i like about the Kindle is its lack of connectivity to wifi/ distractions etc.
I don't really want a new one till this one stops, so it's a bit annoying but i do get it. Kids have newer ones.

Oh no! I have a paperweight, probably first generation but I can't remember. Have had it for years so I think it must be. I love it, and it still works perfectly.

This is so frustrating.

You can probably access the documents and pdfs on Kindle Cloud at read.amazon.co.uk/

I have a kindle waterproof paperwhite I accidentally flipped it off my towel abd into a, swimming pool. Dp dived in to rescue it (ny hero 😂) it drained some water and then worked immediately I was so impressed.
How on earth do you exhaust a kindle by reading too much? I use mine absolutely loads everyday for at least a couple of hoyrs, but its a piece of tech so doesn't get tired.

Yes but you could hide your books surely - there’s nothing in a paper book that they can track down electronically

I’m on Kindle 5, so well done on it lasting that well.