Thread: Amazon has removed Download & Transfer option
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Old 02-13-2025, 02:35 PM   #97
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Is this also the end of sideloading?
By removing Download and Transfer from the website, Amazon no longer needs to support the "Transfer" part at all. They could update firmware to an MTP connection and hide access to the folders needed to sideload books.

Since "Send to Kindle" exists, Amazon doesn't have to provide direct access to the file system on a Kindle. I think it would be a very foolish move, but it would force Kindle owners to only buy books from Amazon.

I would be very careful with Kindle firmware updates after D&T is removed from the website.
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