Disable Ads on 79$ Kindle 4

[jozicka]

Well, yes, so it is very immoral to have blocked popup windows in browser,because of skipping of a lot of adv banners in popup format.....

[abishur]

@jozicka while I'm in agreement with you on the general issue, I think that's a bit a of a false analogy. My web browser nor internet are subsidized by ads, indeed, my cable TV isn't even subsidized by ads. What people have forgotten is that originally the only point in paying for cable (or Sirus radio for that matter) is because it came Ad FREE. Ads being put on to these paid for services was just the cable company being greedy. Now I'm not arguing to steal cable here, I'm just saying that comparing skipping ads on TV or blocking ads on the internet or some other free service is a false analogy.

At the same time trying to tell me that Amazon only get's its $30 dollars back if I keep the ads on it the entire life of the kindle is equally asinine. It's not a subscription service. I am not getting a perpetual price discount on a monthly or yearly service fee. It's a one time charge for a piece of hardware. That's why Amazon doesn't care about these threads (and why they don't get shut down) the fact that we see the ads at all pays for the price break in the hardware.

Most importantly here, if you actually bothered to read the terms and conditions when purchasing a kindle with special offers, there is no wording in there that I am not allowed to disable the offers. In fact, the only special addendum Amazon makes is directed at the purchasing of special offers. Moreover, Kindle releases it's source code and I quote "In accordance with certain free and open source software licenses" that means by law I'm allowed to modify my kindle however I see fit. That's the definition of keeping it moral! :P

@demonseye Getting back on topic, those are his very detailed explinations on how it all worked (which is a fun read if you want to read it ) If you just want the straight simple jailbreak this is the thread for you, but either way, yes you need to jailbreak your kindle and install the simple usbnetwork 1.1 before you can SSH into it and disable the ads

[littleclown]

I think this forum is a more technical than moral oriented. Everyone can make own decision about this.

[miguelos]

downloading ads but not displaying them would be also some compromise..

for now - they don't bother me at all - actually they make one thing easier (on Kindle Touch) - tapping on an ad at the bottom of the screen turns WIFI automatically I use it very often for this purpose

[bewilderedbum]

ha...alright!! lookin out for amazon's best interest...takin the high road.

amazon's lookin out for your best interest too....yes they are...lmao...you guys hang in there.

oh...this method works...pretty cool. thanks.

[dynamdrew]

Hey just got new KSO 3G for Christmas and love the dead authors screensavers! Is there anyway I can download them to the PC? I also like the ads and just would love it if amazon mixed in ads with the dead authors screen savers!

[asciibaron]

Originally Posted by abishur

@jozicka while I'm in agreement with you on the general issue, I think that's a bit a of a false analogy. My web browser nor internet are subsidized by ads

unless you donate money to this website while you block the ads, you are circumventing the revenue stream required to pay for this site's monthly bandwidth costs.

the internet stopped being an intellectual utopia around 1994. how do sites like this stay alive? banner ads and in content ads.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by asciibaron

unless you donate money to this website while you block the ads...

What ads? My web browser has no ad blocker, and yet I see no ads on MY mobileread web pages.

[AliBaba77]

Works perfectly!!!