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When you select download and transfer via USB, it asks you which kindle to prepare the file for. I would presume that the new kindles aren't allowed to do this
by unsnap_biceps 2y ago
When you select download and transfer via USB, it asks you which kindle to prepare the file for. I would presume that the new kindles aren't allowed to do this and so they're just not in the list of available targets for the action.
It was only a matter of time as caliber has made this a very popular way of stripping the DRM.
- 39896880 2y agoThank you! I don't use this option, because I buy books and then pirate them elsewhere as a backup. So long as Calibre keeps updating to support new Kindle devices, I guess I'm set, though I understand why people would be concerned with this feature disappearing.
- EA-3167 2y agoThe funny thing for me is that this would force me out of the Amazon ecosystem. I've purchased hundreds of Kindle books, but I read them as EPUBs on my Boox. If I can't back up my purchases as EPUBs then I'm not going to buy from that vendor. I hope Amazon knows what they're doing, I suspect that as always fears of piracy grossly outweigh the actual financial impact of piracy. Moreover attempts to battle piracy rarely seem to inhibit the pirates.
- 39896880 2y agoIt’s not about piracy, it’s about keeping you inside the “flywheels” created by the interlocking hardware and services.