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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
I'm surprised they havent already. I still don't fully understand why only newer books are locked down though. Instead of cutting off the old K4PC entirely.
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I think that it was a smart idea from their point of view. It gradually puts increasing pressure to upgrade without preventing those who legitimately cannot from reading their prior purchases.
I think it was a mistake on Amazon’s part to move the date forward for older software versions that had previously been blocked from downloading books published since 2023. Doing that makes it obvious that the limitation was an arbitrary one and not technological. Of course we all knew that anyway.
I also believe that they are making a huge mistake in trying to force lock in to their ecosystem. It generates bad publicity on social media and that is increasingly important these days.