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Old 05-06-2025, 02:06 PM   #2709
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Originally Posted by odamizu View Post


Where are you seeing these rumors?

I guess I'll hold off on trying to put a new battery in my old K4BNT. And now I'm wondering if any of my Kindles will be able to sync if these rumors are true (in addition to a K4BNT, I have a Voyage and an original/8th gen Oasis).
Random spots around the Internet. So far just a few mentions and nothing with any solid information such as specific dates. At this time, I tend towards the belief that most of these are paranoia after K4PC/K4Mac/K4A having older version limited to the publication date of books that can be downloaded. Until @jhowell also mentioned seeing some rumours, I hadn't taken them all that seriously. Now I find myself going "you will need at least 5.16.3 (10th gen and newer) to download new books from Amazon" just might have a kernel of truth.

Personally, I wouldn't hold off on replacing the battery. Cutting off free app versions when most people will be able to update the app is a rather mild public relations problem compared to the nightmare that cutting off devices that have no upgrade path would create.
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