Thread: Amazon discontinuing support for older Kindles in May
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Old 04-08-2026, 04:17 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
This seems to be part of another cycle of Amazon locking down access to Kindle ebooks.

I saw indications that Amazon was planning to block book downloads to older Kindle devices almost a year ago. I expect this change to be announced worldwide soon.

It has come to light recently that the Kindle models that will still be supported can have their DRM updated without an actual firmware release. I believe that will now become more widespread.

And today I came across something else that hints of Amazon phasing out the Kindle for PC app, which has long been used to work around Kindle DRM.
So I guess this it is for Amazon downloads? I was going to ask if there was anything else we could do. Guess it’s just KU for me going forward. Don’t get me wrong I have 3750 ebooks so I’m sure I have enough to read I was just hoping Amazon wouldn’t cut us off.
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