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On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued "Download and Transfer via USB" feature to archive your Kindle library.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Am I an idiot for enjoying my Kindle Paperwhite as an eReader, while at the same time never actually buying books from Amazon?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Same. I find ebooks for my family or we use Libby. I wouldn't know how to buy a book on my kindle if I wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Nope. Mine has never connected to the www

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Same. Most news sites treating this change as a "Kindle issue" is borderline disinformation. This is an "Amazon issue". Kindle the device isn't changing and there is no reason to switch if you already own one (just please don't buy a new one).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It’s a good piece of hardware. I do the same thing. Although I recently got a Kobo and I gotta say that I do prefer the kobo slightly better. Kindle is still good shit though