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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] 23 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I am sorry, what?

Turn on PC or phone. Download ebook from torrent site. Enjoy.

It's not difficult to switch?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Try explaining how to do that to your non-techie relatives, especially the older ones who like reading. Yes, this makes is more difficult to switch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

At least my non-techy relatives don't even know that what they're doing is called "pirating", lol. For them, it is just "getting media".

I only learned that some people paid for digital media when I became fluent in English and got exposed to American social media.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oddly enough, pirated ebooks are a malware minefield. And hard to find.

That said, I have about 8000.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Where are you going to that they are a malware issue?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why don’t you use library genesis or Anna‘s archive?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Library Genesis is down. Maybe for good

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Undernet and #bookz for me somehow turned out to be easier than more popular styles of piracy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is bookz a channel in undernet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Balller, thanks. I've been enjoying IRCHighway and the ebooks channel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

#bookz is fantastic!