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Kindles are so much cheaper than their competition.
The way I see this going is the same as other tech. The ideal solution is going to be third party firmware and buying and side loading books independent of device. This is what I had to do to with my routers at home as companies stop supporting and updating them.
I switched from Kindle to KOBO, and I've only updated it twice. The last time I didn't have that boot loop issue, so I was lucky. I do like the KOBO interface better than the Kindle one. And I do like being able to download all of my books. But their last update cause a lot of trouble for users.
My significant other is thinking about jail-breaking their Kindle and loading third party software. They already only buy their books from KOBO now and side load them onto their Kindle.
Because Kindles have the better price point, what I see happening is folks buying Kindles for cheap, replacing the firmware, and then side loading via purchases, where you download books. That's the future for those technical able.
I don't see Kindles slowly dying.
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