Thread: Why jailbreak the Kindle?
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Old 01-26-2021, 07:48 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by Pajamaman View Post
I bought a used pw2. Also, IME Kindle hardware > Kobo hardware. I've never been impressed by Kobo hardware. However my experience is dated, and I understand that the two brands now have comparable hardware. Certainly if I was to buy now, it would more likely be a Kobo. I would never buy a Kindle I could not jailbreak. Also the developer community had abandoned kindle due to Amazon's policies.
It's not Amazon's policies. It's because the Oasis and the PW3/4 with the current firmware cannot be jailbroken and once Amazon are selling the PW4 with the current firmware, game over.

Most will not do a serial jailbreak and that means game over.
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