A class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon unfairly ‘bricked’ older Kindle devices by removing access to digital content and discontinuing software support.
That doesn’t sound any different than most similar electronic devices. No one ever advertises that the online services will be available forever, I doubt Amazon advertised they would work or be supported forever.
For a real world example that’s nearly identical… any Internet connected video game console that are now End of Life? The Nintendo eShop is no longer available on the 3DS and Wii U for instance.
As far as I can see, these Kindles still work with whatever they had loaded on them at the time, they just can’t connect and download new files from Amazon’s services. They still let you side load files directly on the devices. And you can always jailbreak it.
None of those options are any different than what is available on the 3DS and Wii U now.
core functionality—that is, continued access to digital content on the Kindle Store—
I would argue, and Amazon almost certainly will as well, that the core functionality is viewing books. Which they can still do just fine.
That doesn’t sound any different than most similar electronic devices.
Yes it does… Phones for example, come out with a known date for end of updates/support
Now putting all this aside, why on earth would any of you be simping for Amazon here is beyond me. Literally, if they do not commit to some reasonable support time, they could pull the plug on ANY device at ANY time for ANY reason
For example, if Amazon decides to sell you a very expensive Amazon TV, you buy it and after 6 months Amazon pulls the plug on it because sales were not as good as they expected, you would be left with a brick… and you are here defending this practice
Now putting all this aside, why on earth would any of you be simping for Amazon here is beyond me.
Pointing out how a lawsuit is fundamentally flawed isn’t simping or defending the corporation. It’s this kind of assumption that makes real online discourse impossible.
For example, if Amazon decides to sell you a very expensive Amazon TV, you buy it and after 6 months Amazon pulls the plug on it because sales were not as good as they expected, you would be left with a brick…
There are thousands of models of smart TVs that no longer receive updates, and guess what… They still work as TVs. Just like these Kindles still work as ereaders even without a working store. The store was not the only way to get books on them, and existing books are still there. They aren’t useless devices. Something I’ve pointed out numerous times but keeps getting ignored because that’s an inconvenient fact if you want to claim they “no longer work”.
If it was six months, that would be a very different situation. But the devices being discontinued are from 2012 and earlier, meaning they got at least 14 years of support. If 14 is not enough, what do you think a reasonable minimum should be?
If it was six months, that would be a very different situation.
I agree… but as it stands today, Amazon could have done this with a 6 months old device that simply did not sell as they wanted.
But the devices being discontinued are from 2012 and earlier, meaning they got at least 14 years of support.
It’s not “support”, Amazon locks their devices to their sources, once they cut them off the devices are basically useless for the majority of users who are not tech savvy enough
If 14 is not enough, what do you think a reasonable minimum should be?
Again, the law has to define what’s “reasonable” (and that is already a very shitty way of defining law but that’s how the US does it).
Is it reasonable for Nintendo to say “people did not expect tariff refunds therefore we don’t have to give them while WE did collect them”? well, if there is no case law that argues one way or the other, anything can be argued as “reasonable”
This lawsuit would help establish what is legally reasonable and if it does not take place, reasonable is whatever Amazon wants… and you seem to prefer that scenario?
They’re not ‘useless’ though, they continue to work offline, and that kind of hyperbole makes it hard to take this seriously.
Yes, my TV also works offline… I cannot load any channels or watch anything new but it still works
I really am asking here, if 14 years isn’t enough, what minimum would be? I’m asking what you think is reasonable.
I already explained this… actually I already explained the other part as well…
There is an old saying that translates to something like “the worst kind of blindness is found in those who just do not want to see”
here it is again:
Again, the law has to define what’s “reasonable” (and that is already a very shitty way of defining law but that’s how the US does it).
Is it reasonable for Nintendo to say “people did not expect tariff refunds therefore we don’t have to give them while WE did collect them”? well, if there is no case law that argues one way or the other, anything can be argued as “reasonable”
This lawsuit would help establish what is legally reasonable and if it does not take place, reasonable is whatever Amazon wants… and you seem to prefer that scenario?
It’s a pretty simple question, I dunno why you couldn’t give a straight answer. I think it’s going to be hard to win this kind of battle if you can’t give a direct answer.
That doesn’t sound any different than most similar electronic devices. No one ever advertises that the online services will be available forever, I doubt Amazon advertised they would work or be supported forever.
For a real world example that’s nearly identical… any Internet connected video game console that are now End of Life? The Nintendo eShop is no longer available on the 3DS and Wii U for instance.
As far as I can see, these Kindles still work with whatever they had loaded on them at the time, they just can’t connect and download new files from Amazon’s services. They still let you side load files directly on the devices. And you can always jailbreak it.
None of those options are any different than what is available on the 3DS and Wii U now.
I would argue, and Amazon almost certainly will as well, that the core functionality is viewing books. Which they can still do just fine.
Yes it does… Phones for example, come out with a known date for end of updates/support
Now putting all this aside, why on earth would any of you be simping for Amazon here is beyond me. Literally, if they do not commit to some reasonable support time, they could pull the plug on ANY device at ANY time for ANY reason
For example, if Amazon decides to sell you a very expensive Amazon TV, you buy it and after 6 months Amazon pulls the plug on it because sales were not as good as they expected, you would be left with a brick… and you are here defending this practice
Pointing out how a lawsuit is fundamentally flawed isn’t simping or defending the corporation. It’s this kind of assumption that makes real online discourse impossible.
There are thousands of models of smart TVs that no longer receive updates, and guess what… They still work as TVs. Just like these Kindles still work as ereaders even without a working store. The store was not the only way to get books on them, and existing books are still there. They aren’t useless devices. Something I’ve pointed out numerous times but keeps getting ignored because that’s an inconvenient fact if you want to claim they “no longer work”.
If it was six months, that would be a very different situation. But the devices being discontinued are from 2012 and earlier, meaning they got at least 14 years of support. If 14 is not enough, what do you think a reasonable minimum should be?
I agree… but as it stands today, Amazon could have done this with a 6 months old device that simply did not sell as they wanted.
It’s not “support”, Amazon locks their devices to their sources, once they cut them off the devices are basically useless for the majority of users who are not tech savvy enough
Again, the law has to define what’s “reasonable” (and that is already a very shitty way of defining law but that’s how the US does it).
Is it reasonable for Nintendo to say “people did not expect tariff refunds therefore we don’t have to give them while WE did collect them”? well, if there is no case law that argues one way or the other, anything can be argued as “reasonable”
This lawsuit would help establish what is legally reasonable and if it does not take place, reasonable is whatever Amazon wants… and you seem to prefer that scenario?
They’re not ‘useless’ though, they continue to work offline, and that kind of hyperbole makes it hard to take this seriously.
I really am asking here, if 14 years isn’t enough, what minimum would be? I’m asking what you think is reasonable.
Yes, my TV also works offline… I cannot load any channels or watch anything new but it still works
I already explained this… actually I already explained the other part as well…
There is an old saying that translates to something like “the worst kind of blindness is found in those who just do not want to see”
here it is again:
Again, the law has to define what’s “reasonable” (and that is already a very shitty way of defining law but that’s how the US does it).
Is it reasonable for Nintendo to say “people did not expect tariff refunds therefore we don’t have to give them while WE did collect them”? well, if there is no case law that argues one way or the other, anything can be argued as “reasonable”
This lawsuit would help establish what is legally reasonable and if it does not take place, reasonable is whatever Amazon wants… and you seem to prefer that scenario?
That did not answer my question.
then I can’t help you
It’s a pretty simple question, I dunno why you couldn’t give a straight answer. I think it’s going to be hard to win this kind of battle if you can’t give a direct answer.