Beneath The Ink
16h ago
February 26th 2025.
This was the day Amazon officially revealed to the world that you don't own any of your digital shit.
I haven't seen much being said about this on Nostr, which is crazy enough, but now you know.
February 26th 2025 Amazon removed the ability to download the books you have purchased onto your desktop.
All of their Kindle readers are now essentially airgapped and can only be reached if you have an Amazon account, at which point you're free to frolic about in their walled gardens all day.
Have a favorite author, but said author decides they will no longer publish on Amazon, goodbye library of books you've purchased.
Kinda wild.
This was the day Amazon officially revealed to the world that you don't own any of your digital shit.
I haven't seen much being said about this on Nostr, which is crazy enough, but now you know.
February 26th 2025 Amazon removed the ability to download the books you have purchased onto your desktop.
All of their Kindle readers are now essentially airgapped and can only be reached if you have an Amazon account, at which point you're free to frolic about in their walled gardens all day.
Have a favorite author, but said author decides they will no longer publish on Amazon, goodbye library of books you've purchased.
Kinda wild.
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npub1tuw5x
@npub1tuw5x
15h ago
Happy that I downloaded them before and converted them to epub.
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Beneath The Ink
@Beneath The Ink
15h ago
You're lucky. I have over 100 books just locked in Amazon land
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npub1tuw5x
@npub1tuw5x
15h ago
I used to buy a book and actually immediately downloaded and converted it. I liked the convenience of the Kindle environment but at the same time never really felt comfortable with it.
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