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Originally Posted by DNSB
No, they are sending ePub files to their Kindle over USB to waste some space.
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In case someone is asleep, that's sarcasm.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
Rather reminds me of that old quote from the Monty Python crew: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
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One of their stock jokes along with funny walks and spam. In reality everyone expected the [Spanish] Inquisition. They even worried about it in non-Catholic Countries. Though later "Protestant" Queen Anne was the worse in Britain/England. Though Queen Mary (Before Elisabeth, not WilliamAndMary) and Cromwell were bad.
I'm sure this issue is incompetence rather than malicious intent by Amazon. The local clock getting too far out and then sync going a bit crazy is a good theory by @jhowell
Some kindles don't provide any method for the user to set the time. No doubt Amazon will eventually avoid data sync till clock corrected? Though really the sync routine must have a bug because it shouldn't be removing files unless the user has marked them for removal on the web library. So timestamps, ASIN, ISBN etc should be irrelevant unless they match an actual ASIN of a file to be deleted. It should leaving unmatched IDs alone and also ignore matched ASIN unless they are already on a user created list (via website) to be deleted.
So the sync is broken. There are two opposite solutions:
1) Never turn on Wifi. You can still add regular bought content. Does not work for Prime/KU/Borrows of any kind. Only use USB.
2) Use WiFi sync daily and only send content by Send to Kindle (web or email). Never use USB.
I've used #1 for years (also on Kobo). I can see that option #2 suits many people.