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Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am
Doing so could also set a precedent for other companies (ereaders or not) to do the same or similar. No, I'm not a conspiracy theorist; I just have no trust in companies or corporations and with everything being digital they have/will have more control over the consumer and the products we use. If I can think of dirty pool now, they already have. They're just waiting for a legal-ish way to implement.
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Mobile phone/tablet manufacturers have been doing this for years.
We have an old iPad here that is basically useless because it won't install any apps anymore. The OS is too old to support any of the updated apps. Same goes with Android devices. Most apps won't support Android 7 and below.
Apple has been proven to throttle down older phone's CPUs and batteries to force the consumers to upgrade.
Amazon is not doing anything new. They've actually been very good at still supporting decade old products.
Although it wouldn't surprise me if they become more aggressive with phasing out older devices.