A class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon unfairly ‘bricked’ older Kindle devices by removing access to digital content and discontinuing software support.
They do. You can still load books onto them manually from a PC, you just can’t access the store from the device itself.
Planned obsolescence does suck, I’m with you on that. But these devices were supported for 14 years, and they do still remain usable even past this expiration date. If the goal is to fight against planned obsolescence, this just seems like the worst possible battle to pick for that fight.
They do. You can still load books onto them manually from a PC, you just can’t access the store from the device itself.
Planned obsolescence does suck, I’m with you on that. But these devices were supported for 14 years, and they do still remain usable even past this expiration date. If the goal is to fight against planned obsolescence, this just seems like the worst possible battle to pick for that fight.