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Old 03-22-2017, 04:01 PM   #1590
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Originally Posted by dhdurgee View Post
I will concede that the issue does not become critical until 5.8.8+ is the only game in town. This does suggest to me, however, that perhaps we should recommend those that may not see the need for a jailbreak yet still take the precaution of installing and maintaining the block against Amazon initiated upgrades to ensure they will still have that option in the future. As you noted above, 5.8.8 has no redeeming features over 5.8.7 and once you are on 5.8.8 you are stuck for the indefinite future.

Dave
I have been thinking about the same sort of advice, posted on the main Kindle forum.

I.E:
Do it now or postpone installing 5.8.8.
In a few more words of course.
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