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Originally Posted by Quoth
This sounds like idiocy. I'll leave it to other cynics to explain why.
Why not just let users do stuff ON the Kindle? It's more locked down and useless than early models for margin and collections. It's fine to add so called Cloud as an option, but it shouldn't replace local control. Kindles are now poor with Calibre and Sync/Collections/Series is a mess, especially if you have different models. Also the delayed action of FW update features and being unable to undo the last FW update are both abusive.
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Agreed with this. I don't care about any cloud features or local features only available for Amazon purchases. My Oasis is offline 99% of the time and I sideload everything. So far there are still plenty of features available for sideloaded books, but I wouldn't be surprised if the day comes when sideloading on a Kindle won't be possible at all anymore, the way things have been going recently.
Yes, I've grown very pessimistic about Amazon policies. All the recent issues with DRM removal from Kindle books and so on. It doesn't bode well.