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Amazon is changing what is written in books (youtu.be)
submitted 2 days ago by Luffy879@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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But lets see the Positive side: Now the Nazis wont have to burn thousands of books, saving tons of co2 in their Plan to take over the world with propaganda. So, yay for the envoirment I guess

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've got an old Kindle, but not too old, which I jailbroke just yesterday with Winter break. I recommend that method for those considering getting drm free usage out of their device (instead of it contributing to ewaste).

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Been using 10th gen kindle, 5.17.1 firmware, as my daily driver. It's not jailbroken, use calibre server to download my alternately sourced ebooks, convert to .mobi as needed.

I looked at Winterbreak. Decided not to fool with it as I can still sail with stock.

Any advantage to a jailbreak other than future proofing against side loading being disabled?

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I think that's pretty much it. Future proofing seems to be the idea I'm getting, that and customisations/custom firmware. I used to have custom screensavers on one many years ago, which I'm going to do again.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why not too old? I bought 4 gen 4 & 5 kindles off ebay for like $20 on purpose. I hate backlights and they still work great.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Not a recommendation, saying mine is not too old. Random info as part of discussion.