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Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands.(www.howtogeek.com)

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On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued “Download and Transfer via USB” feature to archive your Kindle library.

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TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de
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It is pretty obvious why they are doing this though, but it also means you don’t own them, you are renting them.

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no doubt

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