2026-05-06 18:15 UTC
Replies (6)
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-05-06 18:35
@nickapos @billgoats Because Amazon is bricking them otherwise.
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@wolfgang@gotosocial.whammes.dynv6.net 2026-05-06 18:47
@nickapos @billgoats Amazon: Older Kindles can no longer download e-books
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@retrosponge@kind.social 2026-05-06 19:38
@nickapos @billgoats Well for starters there's the fact that all other e-book devices support e-pub just fine so it's restricted in that regard. There's also the fact that once you've jailbroken it you can use a program called KO Reader as your e-book reader and it is so far beyond what is included with the Kindle I could not go back.
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@billgoats@bitbang.social 2026-05-06 20:47
@nickapos If your device already does everything you need it to, then even better 💯
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@MorningSong@weirder.earth 2026-05-06 22:14
@nickapos @billgoats Back when I used my Kindle 3 I mainly used the jailbreak for custom fonts and a hack to set the cover of your current book as the screensaver image.
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@felipe@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-07 22:47
@nickapos@mastodon.oncrete.uk I feel the most appropriate question is why wouldn't you want to own your devices