Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. - eviltoast

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.

  • RetroGoblet79English
    33·
    2 days ago

    As it should be.

    I don’t mind a monopoly on a physical product as long as I can jailbreak it, install my own custom hardware, or modify it however I want.

    • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      You don’t mind the harm to consumers and the anti-competitive results of Amazon establishing a monopoly on e-readers? Interesting take…

      • EngineerGaming@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Amazon even has a monopoly on e-readers?? I thought that was a more evenly-shared market, with Pocketbook being the most popular, while Boox and others have a sizeable part of the pie. Where I am, Kindles aren’t even sold officially, so I don’t see them much.