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Originally Posted by theducks
I think MTP (or PTP) is just a consequence of dumbing down for the average users skills. I still find it hard to fathom that so many users after 40 years of desktop PC's still have trouble with basic (common) keystrokes
ctrl-end, ctrl-home. I know my region dumped a ton of $ to teach 'computers' in schools. Come on, Press F1
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This is a possibility. Also, MTP is slow and it's finicky under the best conditions.
Also-also, it does protect the OS files from being accidentially deleted.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
The move to MTP may be a consequence of using a Linux native file system for the externally exposed storage. The jump to saying that the elimination of D&T is for the same reason when you can still copy files to a 2024 Kindle over MTP is a non sequitur. You download the file from Amazon with encryption based on the device serial number and copy it to the Kindle. Where does using MTP make any change in that process?
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Maybe I misunderstand the assertions that D&T is gone. Can you actually do what you describe? Download a Kindle book and transfer it via USB cable? Or can you only download via WiFi? If the former then it's no change at all (modulo problems inherent with MTP/PTP) and D&T hasn't actually gone away. It's only USB Mass Storage that's gone.
If the latter then it's filesystem permissions. The MTP process does not have access to the directories used by the Kindle application(s) due to different UIDs/GIDs. Just like Android.