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That is not by design and there are numerous "gotchas" with that, like this third party using that Kindle to buy content on your account, changing your bookmark
by UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
That is not by design and there are numerous "gotchas" with that, like this third party using that Kindle to buy content on your account, changing your bookmarks, and so on.
It might work for "family sharing" (although Amazon actually supports that already), but for sharing with third parties it is risky in my opinion.
- JacobJans 11y ago"Parental controls" prevent the third party from buying stuff. Not that complicated. The only downside, as far as I see it, is that you're risking the $60 it costs to buy a Kindle.
- brownbat 11y agoOr $27, because this is all you really need for a loaner: https://glyde.com/buy/used-Amazon-Kindle-Keyboard-Graphite-WiFi/12042085 https://glyde.com/buy/used-Amazon-Kindle-Keyboard-Graphite-W... I've never done this (probably b/c it just feels weird to loan devices, while loaning books seems perfectly normal). But you could be right, declining prices of gadgets and aggressive restrictions like DMCA, and in 20 years it might be the opposite, just far easier to trade devices rather than licenses.
- Turing_Machine 11y ago" you're risking the $60 it costs to buy a Kindle." That's not all that much more than a single (non-mass market) book nowadays. Most technical books are in the $30+ range. Textbooks can cost hundreds.