Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoUsers turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends supporttechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1535
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minus-squareThurstylark@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 days 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-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoCould you explain what is good for you now that it is jailbroken? I was given a regular Kindle, and all I do is: EPUB -> Calibre -> Kindle. I haven’t needed to jailbreak so far.
minus-squareTynan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day 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.
Could you explain what is good for you now that it is jailbroken? I was given a regular Kindle, and all I do is: EPUB -> Calibre -> Kindle. I haven’t needed to jailbreak so far.
I’ve done this a few times! It’s good fun!