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Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, you should not use Amazon anything. Valuable lesson learned.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have a first generation kindle that I bought 16 years ago. They used to be awesome, and Amazon shaped the way ecommerce worked. The lesson here is not to be fully dependent on one supplier, not to boycott everything just because it's big.

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

Yeah, they were great back then. I have the first generation Kindle Paperwhite (12-ish years), though at this point I only use it to read fanfics lol

AO3 let's you download entire fics directly in the EPUB & AZW3 format, doubt they're ever gonna change that 😁