A class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon unfairly ‘bricked’ older Kindle devices by removing access to digital content and discontinuing software support.
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”.
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”.