Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoUsers turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends supporttechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down11
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minus-squareThurstylark@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 months agoRecently bought a kindle at a thrift store, which was perfect as it was on an old firmware, perfect for jailbreaking. Now I’ve got a nice e-reader, never gave money to Amazon for the pleasure, not even using their software now. Easily the best $8 I ever spent.
minus-squareTynan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI’ve done this a few times! It’s good fun!
Recently bought a kindle at a thrift store, which was perfect as it was on an old firmware, perfect for jailbreaking.
Now I’ve got a nice e-reader, never gave money to Amazon for the pleasure, not even using their software now. Easily the best $8 I ever spent.
I’ve done this a few times! It’s good fun!