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stumped · 11-19-2018, 11:45 AM

i appreciate this is all speculation but... lets says amazon push a new firmware to existing paperwhites, that supports the new "hardened" DRM. Are amazon then smart enough to detect that my e -ink device(s) are now updated and thus deliver only the new format to me via the download and transfer route, or will they not know if I have deliberately kept my PW offline to avoid getting the upgrade ?

and they can't know for sure that I sold off my old Kindle basic on ebay, unless they run database checks to see what SNs have been re-registered with new owners.

and are there any predictions of when any such firmware may be rolled out ? or when they may block the old version 1.7 of K for PC which is what I use to get copies of my bought books into calibre

11-19-2018, 11:45 AM	#9
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	i appreciate this is all speculation but... lets says amazon push a new firmware to existing paperwhites, that supports the new "hardened" DRM. Are amazon then smart enough to detect that my e -ink device(s) are now updated and thus deliver only the new format to me via the download and transfer route, or will they not know if I have deliberately kept my PW offline to avoid getting the upgrade ? and they can't know for sure that I sold off my old Kindle basic on ebay, unless they run database checks to see what SNs have been re-registered with new owners. and are there any predictions of when any such firmware may be rolled out ? or when they may block the old version 1.7 of K for PC which is what I use to get copies of my bought books into calibre Last edited by stumped; 11-19-2018 at 11:49 AM.