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Old 10-01-2020, 05:45 PM   #52
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
And no reliable data on how many older, not-upgraded devices that won't support pop-ups, are still extant. Yes, it's a pain in the ass to deal with, but as I've said here before, I'd still rather have to deal with this than see Amazon turn into Apple, cavalierly ripping people off by discarding OSes, software, apps and devices, just to force those selfsame people to buy the "next thing."

FWIW.

Hitch
As for keeping old devices going, the best company on that front that I know of is Kobo. They keep most of their old devices up-to-date with the firmware.
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