Thread: Amazon dropping support for more Kindles
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Old 04-15-2026, 07:38 AM   #80
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Originally Posted by frostymug View Post
Why do I get the sick feeling that what is really behind this move is to force all future book releases to use only KFX format which I understand to be unbreakable. No Calibre plugin to strip DRM anymore and no other workarounds involving Kindle for PC. If this is what is coming down the pike I may be leaving the Kindle universe for good. Somebody dissuade me from thinking like this, please. But think about it, it is those old kindles that can't handle the KFX format and need the old (and dearly loved) AZW3 format.
So far Kindles on firmware 5.16.2.1.1 and 5.18.5 and up are the ones getting KFX DRM which cannot be removed at the moment. But soon probably all Kindles which get kfx. Which is all the ones they're not cutting off next month.

DRM can currently be removed from the latest Kindle for PC books, but there are hints that Kindle for PC might not be around much longer.

So I won't dissuade you. They've been moving away from azw3 and toughening kfx drm for years now.
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