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Amazon will end support for pre-2013 Kindle eReaders on May 20, 2026. Unfortunately, that means these perfectly fine devices will be all but useless. So what Kindle alternatives are out there, and how can you still get some use out of your unsupported Kindle?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:17 What’s happening?
2:48 Kobo is more open
4:40 Android-based Boox eReaders
5:44 Sideloading to Kindle
7:07 Jailbreaking Kindles
7:59 Ending support isn’t the problem
10:25 Outro
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After using a kindle since gen 1 switched to a Kobo libra colour. LIbby support has already saved me the cost of the device, + you can download books directly from cloud drives + it has actual physical page turn button.
Ya know what won't stop working 14 years from now books. A physical paper book.
I just buy the paperback/hardcover I want and then grab the DRM free ebook off the internet and sideload it onto my eink devices to read on the go. I don't think anyone can say it's morally wrong, even though it's technically not legal.
To be fair the Adobe DRM Software is a big pain in the ass. My grandma is in constant need of tech support because of this crap with her Tolino eBook Reader.
The Kindle Eco system is way easier and it's okay to buy new after 14years for me… Not defending amazon with this bricking, that's still terrible.
0:00 wtf, that's Københavns Rådhus?!
I bought a Kindle Keyboard when they came out about 2010 and it's still going strong. However, two or three years ago Amazon stopped system updates and with it the ability to shop from the Kindle. I can still buy a book through a browser on my desktop and tell Amazon to deliver it to the Kindle. Along with the restriction was an offer of $30 off a new device. I decided to go elsewhere and bought a BOOX Leaf2, I think the current equivalent is called the Page. It runs Kindle and Kobo apps and means I don't have to be locked in with Amazon.
DON'T BUY KINDLE
this is why i like physical books, not only do i own them once i buy them (or borrow from the library if i dont want to buy), theres this different feel of having a tangible book in hand
Yeah this is why I have a kobo Colour and my last 3/4 ereaders have all been kobo's… They just work.. Well okay the USB on them usually go "iffy" requiring some tricks to make it connect reliably…
I bought a used first-generation Nook a few years ago – it was JUST before B&N did the same thing. I managed to register it to my account and download books, but it has a major crash a couple months after B&N killed support. It was then a brick.
Whatever you do don't use calibre to remove the DRM from the books you've already paid for. And definitely don't put those DRM-free books onto your new platform
First thing I did when I got my brand new kindle 2024: stop updates, jailbreak
Now I can send books to my kindle without relying on amazon
Late stage capitalism
I owned a pocketbook that stored it's OS on SD CARD! Eventually the SD card died and I had to find out that you cannot just flash OS by yourself. You need to extract SD card info and your reader info and send it to support so they link this particular SD card to OS version they send you and your own model of reader. Of course pocketbook support charges you for that! There are some tutorials on yt how to bypass this process, but it involves finding lines of code in OS and I am lost at that part🤯
Or if you want the super-deluxe ebook reader, get a Lenovo Yoga. Sure, they're expensive, but what the heck. You deserve it.
Sounds like an addition to stop killing games to me. At some point it becomes obsolete, but it should still be usable in and of itself, especially with any previous purchase.
This is why piracy etc is completely fine. Dont feel bad for companies.
Amazon can go to hell, I will newer ever give them any money again. I got an email saying that someone trying to access my account. Okay, I made all the steps that amazon told me to do to change the password and stuff (email was verified by apple). The next day my account got locked for sus activity and I was told to contact support. NO PROBLEMO, its no hussle to write an email or contact a chat like I did before… but now the only way to contact amazon support from eu is to call them in US! It would cost me the third of kindle price to make this call. Now I am an anti amazon advocate and I how EU will make them pay many many more multi million fines.
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Meanwhile, the older iPods from 2001 and onwards still work great in MacOS with Finder and Apple Music.
Only PDF and TXT files? AFAIK every Kindle has supported Mobipocket .MOBI files natively just fine (probably at least partly because the proprietary .AZW ebook format is basically just Mobipocket + DRM. I can't guarantee that every Kindle has this support, but I think they do, and I know my 2015 model does–I've even converted some of my own writing to .MOBI format using Calibre and copied it to the device, and it works pretty darn well.
[edit] My second point is really that AFAIK simple drag-and-drop sideloading of files onto Kindle devices either has always been possible or at least was possible until sometime after 2015.
With respect to Boox (speaking from experience): They stop hardware support for older products quite early due to updates in their product line up. This means that getting a broken device repapered might be difficult as it gets older, which in my case was a broken screen. Just good to keep in mind.
Heres an idea. What about a law against purposefully creating 100s of tons of E-waste?
Just jailbreak your kindles everyone. Its piss easy
boox go color 7 also has the side buttons, which are great for single handed reading!
As far as I'm concerned, if you supported Amazon in any way, shape or form, you deserve what you get.
I really don't understand the appeal of e-readers. You can get the Kindle app on your phone or tablet anyway, plus so many people now just prefer audiobooks.
I've always resisted getting a Kindle due to being Amazon, good to hear of a non Amazon, and better yet non American, option for eReaders.
Bonus point's it being a Canadian company
How much do you want to be the Kindles will still show ads after the 20th?
Or you can jailbreak them
All I do is convert epub to azw3. I have never connected my kindle to Internet nor did I update my kindle. And ads I also won't get shown this way
That is theft. Sue them
I for one appreciate all the work Amazon is clearly doing for your local library. Yes, the ones with physical books that don't evaporate at some random, corporate-determined date in the future for no real reason.
Thanks amazon….
Corporate America once again proving that there is no reason to like or support them. Provide the books, book provider. You had (in this case) one job…
Kindle voyage + calibre + internet is how I use ebooks for years now