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Old 09-09-2023, 11:23 PM   #1
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Unhappy Amazon has updated the support policy for Kindle E-readers.
According to the updated page from Amazon,https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...3LDHSB5YM9BYF7
Amazon promises that “Your Kindle E-reader receives guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase on our websites.”.
We are not sure if this means that the security updates will be calculated for four years starting the day after the device's last available purchase date. From the table provided by Amazon, even the most recently updated devices are still marked for 2026.
This might suggest that a new device is about to be released, or the software support duration for Kindle has been shortened. Perhaps more information will be disclosed in the future.
As a Kindle Scribe user, it's disheartening to think that support might end in 2026, especially when it seems features like exporting, syncing, and managing handwritten notes haven't been fully developed yet.
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Old 09-10-2023, 05:23 AM   #2
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What has been updated? I am pretty sure the 4 years after the device is last available has been there for ages.

As for 2026, I would just think that it hasn't been updated for 2023 yet.
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This is about security, not features. Also given difference with ordinary Linux, Android, ChromeOS, iOS, MacOS and Windows? It's mostly about blocking jailbreaks. Has there ever been a serious malware incident on any actual physical ereader?

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guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase on our websites
It's a meaningless PR.

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What has been updated? I am pretty sure the 4 years after the device is last available has been there for ages.
Yes, not a new PR.
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The '4 year' thing may be why the latest Kindle update is not available for 9th generation and earlier devices.
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