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Originally Posted by JSWolf
For now. Buying a PW1 is not future proofing. We don't know if Amazon will take away the ability to download KF8 from the website. So if you are buying a Kindle to be able to download, a PW1 will work for now, but if Amazon was to take away KF8 downloads, then you would need an earlier Kindle.
So it's best to just get an earlier Kindle to make sure you are future proof.
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I think future proof is overstating the insurance value of earlier Kindles. Amazon may well feel, for example, that having offered upgrades to owners of older Kindles they’ve done as much as they ought, and stop supporting them. Or just stop supporting them. No device lasts forever. They’re all just a case of “work[s] for now.”